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Black DragonSeries
series2 books1983
Fantasy, about dragons, set in our world and north america.
Start with Tea with the Black Dragon →
Bryant and MaySeries
series20 books1990
completed
Mystery & detective, about murder investigation, set in contemporary and british isles.
“Bryant and May follows two elderly detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, who lead London's Peculiar Crimes Unit - a division created during the Second World War to handle cases too strange or sensitive for ordinary police work.”
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Shades of LondonSeries
series4 books2011
Urban fantasy and ghost stories.
Start with The Boy in the Smoke →
Rivers of LondonSeries
series32 books2011
Urban fantasy.
“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 →
The City & the CityNovel
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The London Eye MysteryNovel
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Whodunit.
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