Stone and Sky - BookWyrm.it

Copertina rigida, 410 pagine

Pubblicato il 2025 da Orion.

ISBN:: 978-1-3987-2650-5

(1 recensione)

'This isn't London. The rules are different up here, and so are the allegiances.'

Detective Sergeant Peter Grant takes a much-needed holiday up in Scotland. And he'll need one when this is over...

If the more the merrier, then this gang should be ecstatic as his partner Beverley, their young twins, his mum, dad, dad's band and their dodgy manager all tag along. Even his boss, DCI Thomas Nightingale, takes in the coastal airs as he trains Peter's cousin Abigail in the arcane arts.

And they'll need them too, because Scotland 's Granite City has more than its fair share of history and mystery, myth ... and murder.

When a body is found in a bus stop, fresh from the sea, the case smells fishy from the off.

Something may be stirring beyond the bay - but there's something far stranger in the sky...

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DigitalRob@ramblingreaders.org ha recensito Stone and Sky di Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London, #10)

Of Gills, Granite, and Growing Up

4 stelle

Aaronovitch takes Peter Grant and the whole crew on a holiday to Scotland in Stone and Sky. Of course, this being a Peter Grant adventure, the vacation quickly turns into a full-blown investigation. While Peter dives into his usual blend of police work and magical shenanigans, trying to figure out how "Aquaman" met his end, the rest of the family gets swept up in their own supernatural drama.

Abigail and the foxes, really steals the show in this novel. Given her own parallel storyline, Abigail goes on a quest to find an anomalous large feline (a ghost panther, naturally), teams up with the local foxes, and even finds a bit of romance. It's fantastic to see Abigail get so much page-time, developing into a resourceful and powerful character in her own right. Her adventure is every bit as compelling as Peter's main investigation.

The two plots weave together as the …

Aaronovitch takes Peter Grant and the whole crew on a holiday to Scotland in Stone and Sky. Of course, this being a Peter Grant adventure, the vacation quickly turns into a full-blown investigation. While Peter dives into his usual blend of police work and magical shenanigans, trying to figure out how "Aquaman" met his end, the rest of the family gets swept up in their own supernatural drama.

Abigail and the foxes, really steals the show in this novel. Given her own parallel storyline, Abigail goes on a quest to find an anomalous large feline (a ghost panther, naturally), teams up with the local foxes, and even finds a bit of romance. It's fantastic to see Abigail get so much page-time, developing into a resourceful and powerful character in her own right. Her adventure is every bit as compelling as Peter's main investigation.

The two plots weave together as the mystery deepens, connecting Peter's dead "Aquaman" to a missing geologist and a shady oil company that seems to be exploiting the local magical population. Aaronovitch does a great job expanding the world, introducing us to the Scottish sea-folk, including selkies and a whole new branch of the Fae.

My only gripe with this otherwise excellent installment is the ending. After a fantastic build-up full of new characters and locals, the resolution feels a bit rushed and anticlimactic. Several plot threads, especially the conflict involving Ione’s morally ambiguous family, are left dangling with very little closure. It felt a bit like Aaronovitch got to the end and just wanted to wrap things up quickly. Despite the slightly ho-hum conclusion, the journey through the Scottish highlands is a thrilling ride, making this a solid four-star read, especially for the chance to see Abigail truly come into her own.