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series23 books2003

Set in big city.

“Simon R. Green's noir fantasy series, beginning with Something from the Nightside, follows Taylor deeper into the district's politics and his own mysterious origins across fourteen novels.”
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Start with Something from the Nightside →

Alex SternSeries

series4 books2019

Dark fantasy, set in big city.

“The opening novel, Ninth House, establishes her as an outsider gifted with the ability to see ghosts; the sequels continue her investigation into the societies' abuses and the murder that first drew her into Lethe's world.”
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Start with Ninth House →

Rivers of LondonSeries

series32 books2011

Mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, about murder investigation, set in big city.

“The author Ben Aaronovitch has subsequently written nine books in the Peter Grant Series, plus accompanying novellas, short stories, comics and graphic novels.”
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Start with Rivers of London →

Shadow Police / Detective Inspector James QuillSeries

series3 books2012

About murder investigation.

“Detective Inspector James Quill is about to complete the drugs bust of his career.”
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Start with London Falling →

Felix CastorSeries

series7 books2006

About demons, set in big city.

“Mike Carey's Felix Castor novels follow a freelance exorcist working London's supernatural underside, taking paying jobs to banish ghosts and bind demons in a city where the dead don't always stay quiet.”
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Start with The Devil You Know →

London BelowSeries

series5 books1996

Eerie in tone, about transported to another world, set in big city and underground & caves.

“Most notable is the appearance of the Floating Market at Harrods rather than under Battersea power station.”
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Start with Neverwhere →

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