Midnight Riot

Midnight Riot, by Ben Aaronovitch

Well, it’s just been *forever* since I read this book. However, since finishing it, I’ve been practicing my procrastination skills to great effect and so here I am, months later, trying to turn back time (… if I could find a waayyy … that’s right, you might as well be singing it along with me).

Midnight Riot is, I imagine, what you get when you mix Harry Potter with Twilight (not the sappy love story crap, but the werewolves and vampires. Ok, maybe not Twilight, per se. Actually, more like The Night Stalker! Okay, let’s start over.) Midnight Riot is a what you get when you mix The Night Stalker with Harry Potter. Constable Peter Grant, of all the boring names, gets pulled into a police murder investigation, where he discovers  that ghosts, werewolves, and transmogrification are real and that magic is a teachable skill.

While the story is fantastical (and fantastic), the author is delightfully grounded in scientific method which, not surprisingly, makes me extremely happy. It’s also fun, funny, dark, and satisfying, as murder mysteries often are. This was one of several books lent to my by an employee, and it’s by far my favourite. Even better, it’s a series, so there’s even more to enjoy.

Rating: If you like mysteries and fantasy, then borrow a copy! (I recommend it to my friend Erin!)