There’s an ancient sword, goat sacrifices and attacks on archaeological sites. He, Martin Chorley, has a cunning plan to ‘make it all better’, by killing Punch, the spirit of riot we first meet in Rivers of London. So what happens in Lies Sleeping? Peter et al. It’ll be nice and pristine on my bookshelf. It isn’t available until 14th April, but I’ll probably have listened to the audiobook by then. It arrived in my Audible library today and I’m waiting for my special edition from Goldsboro Books to be delivered. Why am I getting Lies Sleeping and False Value read, I hear you cry? Well, the latest Peter Grant novel, Amongst Our Weapons is published this month.

It wasn’t in my Audible library either (it is now) so I hadn’t listened to it instead. I thought I’d read this one, but after finishing the audiobook of False Value I was checking the TBR pile and found it, so clearly I hadn’t. And, far worse, he might even have to come to terms with the malevolent supernatural killer and agent of chaos known as Mr Punch. To save his beloved city Peter’s going to need help from his former best friend and colleague–Lesley May–who brutally betrayed him and everything he thought she believed in. A plan that has its roots in London’s two thousand bloody years of history, and could literally bring the city to its knees. The Faceless Man, wanted for multiple counts of murder, fraud, and crimes against humanity, has been unmasked and is on the run.Peter Grant, Detective Constable and apprentice wizard, now plays a key role in an unprecedented joint operation to bring Chorley to justice.īut even as the unwieldy might of the Metropolitan Police bears down on its foe, Peter uncovers clues that Chorley, far from being finished, is executing the final stages of a long term plan. Published May 16th 2019 by Gollancz (first published November 13th 2018)

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