Whispers Under Ground

Ben Aaronovitch

Random House Digital, Inc., Jul 31, 2012 - Fiction - 303 pages

A WHOLE NEW REASON TO MIND THE GAP
 
It begins with a dead body at the far end of Baker Street tube station, all that remains of American exchange student James Gallagher—and the victim’s wealthy, politically powerful family is understandably eager to get to the bottom of the gruesome murder. The trouble is, the bottom—if it exists at all—is deeper and more unnatural than anyone suspects . . . except, that is, for London constable and sorcerer’s apprentice Peter Grant. With Inspector Nightingale, the last registered wizard in England, tied up in the hunt for the rogue magician known as “the Faceless Man,” it’s up to Peter to plumb the haunted depths of the oldest, largest, and—as of now—deadliest subway system in the world.

At least he won’t be alone. No, the FBI has sent over a crack agent to help. She’s young, ambitious, beautiful . . . and a born-again Christian apt to view any magic as the work of the devil. Oh yeah—that’s going to go well.

What people are saying

Review: Whispers Under Ground (Peter Grant #3)

User Review  - Carol - Goodreads

Well, I was going to work on my paper today. But then this arrived in the mail, hardcover & signed, direct from London. How could I resist? Within pages I was chuckling aloud, but also relishing the ...

Review: Whispers Under Ground (Peter Grant #3)

User Review  - Emma - Goodreads

The third book in the Peter Grant series really lives up to the previous two. There are loads of new components and the story is really progressing. I have a rather large problem with long series ...

Contents

• Section 1: 1
• Section 2: 17
• Section 3: 40
• Section 4: 61
• Section 5: 77
• Section 6: 91
• Section 7: 103
• Section 8: 116
• Section 9: 126
• Section 10: 136
• Section 11: 163
• Section 12: 181
• Section 13: 195
• Section 14: 212
• Section 15: 229
• Section 16: 243
• Section 17: 281
• Section 18: 296

About the author

Ben Aaronovitch was born in London in 1964 and had the kind of dull routine childhood that drives a man to drink or to science fiction. He is a screenwriter, with early notable success on BBC television's legendary Doctor Who, for which he wrote some episodes now widely regarded as classics, and which even he is quite fond of. He has also penned several groundbreaking TV tie-in novels. After a decade of such work, he decided it was time to show the world what he could really do and embarked on his first serious original novel. The result is Midnight Riot, the debut adventure of Peter Grant, followed by Moon Over Soho.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Whispers Under Ground; Del Rey Books
• Author: Ben Aaronovitch
• Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc., 2012
• ISBN: 0345524616, 9780345524614
• Length: 303 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Fantasy / Paranormal; Fiction / Fantasy / Urban; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural