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Moon over Soho
- Rivers of London, Book 2
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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Humour and mystery are an unlikely coupling, but in Moon over Soho, book 2 of the Sunday Times best-selling PC Peter Grant series, written by talented author Ben Aaronovitch, fans are brought to tears with the hilarious endeavors of PC Peter Grant - Police Constable and wizard apprentice. This is a modern detective audiobook unlike any other and brilliantly narrated by English actor Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. PC Grant has embarked on a thrilling battle against the monsters and supernatural dangers that lurk in the shadows around London. Available now from Audible.
Summary
I was my dad's vinyl-wallah: I changed his records while he lounged around drinking tea, and that's how I know my Argo from my Tempo. And it's why, when Dr Walid called me to the morgue to listen to a corpse, I recognised the tune it was playing. Something violently supernatural had happened to the victim, strong enough to leave its imprint like a wax cylinder recording. Cyrus Wilkinson, part-time jazz saxophonist and full-time accountant, had apparently dropped dead of a heart attack just after finishing a gig in a Soho jazz club. He wasn't the first.
No one was going to let me exhume corpses to see if they were playing my tune, so it was back to old-fashioned legwork, starting in Soho, the heart of the scene. I didn't trust the lovely Simone, Cyrus' ex-lover, professional jazz kitten and as inviting as a Rubens portrait, but I needed her help: there were monsters stalking Soho, creatures feeding off that special gift that separates the great musician from someone who can raise a decent tune. What they take is beauty. What they leave behind is sickness, failure and broken lives.
And as I hunted them, my investigation got tangled up in another story: a brilliant trumpet player, Richard 'Lord' Grant - my father - who managed to destroy his own career, twice. That's the thing about policing: most of the time you're doing it to maintain public order. Occasionally you're doing it for justice. And maybe once in a career, you're doing it for revenge.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Jane
- 26-07-11
Perfect audiobook
This comes as close to perfection in an audiobook as I think it's possible to get. The mix of wry observation about everyday policing in London combined with a clever supernatural storyline is brilliant. And the narrator is fantastic. His dry, deadpan delivery works well both for the comic one-liners and for the action sequences. In fact, I suspect that I would not enjoy this book so much on the page because it would lack Kobna Holdbrook-Smith's timing and character voicing. Great stuff.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- P. J. Williams
- 05-08-11
Very good sequel
Its books like this that make me happy to try new authors, the delight you experience when you realise there another one by "that guy who did..." doesn't occur often enough. This is the second Rivers of London novel and its as much fun as the first .
Hopefully Ben Aaronovitch will continue with this series (I suspect there are enough "story arcs" (as American TV writers like to say) left open to work with) as the characters are entertaining and enjoyable.
I hope Kobna Holdbrook Smith continues to narrate as he is now "the voice" for these books in my head.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- MumsieWumsie
- 10-08-11
Very entertaining
Having not long finished 'Rivers of London', I was delighted to see 'Moon over Soho' as an audio book. Kobna Holdbrook-Smith is a perfect narrator and the plot is entertaining and tight. A very, very enjoyable listen.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Mr. A. Garlick
- 09-08-11
Great again
A brilliant second novel, written and read perfectly. Keep this combination up because its magic!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Jan
- 29-10-11
And it's as good as the first
Always a worry when you have enjoyed a first book a lot - "Can the second match it?" This does and sent me back to re-listen to Rivers of London as great detail that I missed first time round. Looking forward to listening to this again shortly.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Philip
- 18-08-11
Fantastic, bring on the next!
I knew I shouldn't have bought this so soon after it was released, now i've got to wait ages for the next one! Needless to say it's brilliant! Great book, fantastic narration.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Fiona
- 26-10-11
Great Sequel
I really enjoyed the first book and this sequel did not disappoint. Takes off exactly where the other left off and is ripe for another. I really hope there is more. I do love the Policing / London angle, which is the bit I thought would be least attractive to me (not liking police dramas in the least), but the Ben Aaronovitch merges magic with the everyday brilliantly.
Really great narration by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. Every character is brought to life with their own 'voice'.
Extremely entertaining! Fingers crossed there is more coming.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Sally
- 13-10-11
Promising follow up to Rivers of London
This series is really starting to develop. It's not perfect yet, the characters are still bedding in as we get drawn into the world of magic, but the plot is complex and thought provoking. I have no interest in jazz but still enjoyed those elements of the story.
I originally started reading this series expecting a sort of British Harry Dresden but this is very different and very British. I am looking forward to the third in the series next year.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Seppo
- 16-10-12
Body and Soul - and all that Jazz
Excellent reader that Kobna Holbrook-Smith. Catches the spirit of the main character and the book spot on!
This second book, as the title hints, takes place in Soho. The author juggles effortlessly with multiple strands of plots from jazz to horror cabinets and the history of british practitioners.
In the first book everything was new, fresh and exciting. Often it is not easy to raise stakes and still keep it tight but Aaronovitch handles it splendidly!
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Terry
- 07-10-11
An interesting and unusual read
When I first decided to buy this book I was a little apprehensive as I usually opt for the more traditional sci fi novels. However I was really pleased.
The book is well written and the narration is great adding atmosphere to the audio book.
If you know the UK you will be happy to know that lots of different places streets etc are mentioned, this helps to build the overall picture in your mind and adds to the enjoyment.
Great Book.
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- Readalot
- 13-12-11
Even Better Than the First One
I enjoyed this even more than the first in the series, and now I'm hanging out for Book 3. I found the action a little easier to follow (maybe that's because I have got a bit better control over my iPod now... though I can't make it stop replaying the last half hour of any session whenever I switch it on!) and a lot of things from Book One suddenly made sense. Peter is an interesting character with a good deal of tolerance for the "different", though not a lot for the "ethically challenged". Back story for Nightingale, Molly and Richard "Lord" Grant slides seamlessly into the current action. Excellent work, Messers Aaronovitch and Holdbrook-Smith.
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- chris
- 25-09-11
Stellar performance of an enthralling book
Both this and the previous effort by Ben Aaronovitch were excellent fun books to read but were made even better by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith's narrations.
He does multiple characterisations effortlessly without sounding corny and this adds to a sense of involvement in the story which with Aaronovitch's descriptions, make you feel you are watching rather than listening.
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- lynn
- 21-07-12
Pure Imaginative Brilliance
I came across this book/series by accident but it is a terrific listen. such wonderful imagination combining the geography of London, the mundane details of police procedure and magic. The book moves between humour, tragedy and compassion so one has little idea what is coming next. The narrator is pitch perfect accents are spot on and makes the street references of modern London speech that much more pertinent. Enthralling, looking forward to the next book and I have yet to finish this current book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 31-10-23
Perfect
Perfect combination of writer and narrator.
Great story, well told.
Definitely recommend to all my friends
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-08-22
Great story, amazing narration
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith is an amazing narrator and I'd listen to him read a takeaway menu on repeat.
But really, it's a great series. I'm not usually into this genre but I got recommended this so often I gave it a shot and I'm so glad I did!
Imperfect characters with great depth and just the right touch of grit and realism without becoming gore-fetish. The worldbuilding is great and the storyline stays enagaging and fresh even after 9 books which is pretty impressive.
It's one of those books that can just really sink into completely and get comfortably lost. 100% recommend.
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- Matt Mole
- 25-09-21
Best series I’ve listened to in years
Urban Fantasy at its best. Atmospheric without unnecessary backstory with a great band of charters and a superb narrator.
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- LINZI
- 27-11-18
Slow start to a good story.
I struggled to get into this one initially but it was good once I got into it.
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- Mikkel
- 28-09-18
Better and better.
Again a very good book.
Ans with a deeper connection to the character this book is just a bit better than the former.
Looking forward to see where they will go.
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- Jim
- 08-01-18
Love this series.
The narrator is superb and the characters vivid and likable. Great series!, F@%k me you can do magic indeed!
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- Alison
- 28-03-17
excellent
the voice characterisation is superb and compliments the humour, and quick wit woven through out the story... love the concept of the return of magic... I totally recommend
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