Lies Sleeping: Book 7 in the #1 bestselling Rivers of London series

In this latest installment of the English police urban fantasy mystery series our hero Peter Grant is hot on the trail of his former colleague Lesley May and her co-conspirator Faceless Man II aka MArtin Chorley. Dogged police work has led Peter and the rest of the police force in on the so-called Falcon-type incidents to follow up on all former members of the Oxford University Little Crocodiles society in the hope that one of the members might lead them to Martin Chorley. The book opens as Peter and Guleed are sitting outside the home of the latest Little Crocodile when all hell breaks out and one of the tall, thin high fae which Peter calls the Pale Ladies leaps out of the house after trying to kill the homeowner. With a trail that leads all around the City of London (not to be confused with London, which is a much larger area) centered on St Paul's Cathedral and West Smithfield Peter investigates a series of random clues involving King Arthur, Excalibur, the origins of Punch and more information on the mysterious Molly this book is just as clever, funny and convoluted as the previous books. Sadly there isn't nearly enough of Peter's mother but otherwise this is just as sublime (and confusing) as ever.

"Liked it". Although the 'Rivers of London' series has been and always will be one of my favourite all-time on-going series, I felt that this seventh installment was weaker than most of its predecessors. The pacing was entirely too uneven and it had the feel of just wanting to be done with the on-going 'case'. Still, when you set the standard so high, it is very difficult to maintain that over such a long haul and through so many complications that 6 previous books have laid out!

I've read most of the books in this series (working hard to make that 'all' ) and I'm still blown away by the apparent boundless knowledge that the author displays about the history and myths of the big city. When I Google some of the characters I get more hits from his books than I do from actual sources, so I often don't know how much of that is actual fact, but the whole thing is so wrapped up in its engaging and whimsical style, that I usually don't care. Enjoy this for what it is - and if you're in the same position as me, get out there and read this book - and the rest!