missingvolume | #20 Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch (Reply)

This book take Peter out into the countryside and out of London for almost all of the book. Two girls are missing and there is a former wizard living in the area so Peter is sent out to check on the wizard to make sure he had nothing to do with the disappearances. The wizard is cleared but Peter wants to help with the missing children case. The locals agree since he cleared the case of any taint of magic and they are short staffed. Beverly decides to come and see Peter and gets into a bit of trouble with a river on her way to the area. Turns out there is no river spirit in the town he is staying out so there is no problem for Beverly to hang around. As he is helping something turns up that makes this a magical case. The book also covers some of what happened in the previous book but with it being set outside London it isn’t a bad book to start the series with, granted you will be spoiled on the previous ones but since Mr. Punch isn’t involved with this one it is an ok starting point for someone if they grab it blindly off the shelf. I read the hardcover version that comes with an extra short story. The story has to do with an event that happens as Peter is traveling back to London from the countryside. I really like these books and can’t wait for the next one.