Broken Homes

Rivers of London, Book 4

De: Ben Aaronovitch

Narrado por: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith

Ben Aaronovitch has stormed the bestseller list with his superb London crime series. A unique blend of police procedural, loving detail about the greatest character of all, London, and a dash of the supernatural.

A mutilated body in Crawley. Another killer on the loose. The prime suspect is one Robert Weil; an associate of the twisted magician known as the Faceless Man? Or just a common or garden serial killer? Before PC Peter Grant can get his head round the case a town planner going under a tube train and a stolen grimoire are adding to his case-load. So far so London. But then Peter gets word of something very odd happening in Elephant and Castle, on an housing estate designed by a nutter, built by charlatans and inhabited by the truly desperate. Is there a connection? And if there is, why oh why did it have to be South of the River?

Full of warmth, sly humour and a rich cornucopia of things you never knew about London, Aaronovitch's series has swiftly added Grant's magical London to Rebus' Edinburgh and Morse's Oxford as a destination of choice for those who love their crime with something a little extra.

Read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. Kobna is a Film, Theatre, Television and Radio actor. His television credits include Little Britain, Saxondale, Pulling, Taking the Flak, Star Stories and Sirens; his theatre credits include lead roles at the National, Tricycle, Young Vic, Manchester Royal Exchange, Bush and Shakespeare's Globe theatres and he has also been in numerous BBC radio plays. He has voiced audiobooks by Alastair Reynolds and Ben Aaronovitch for Orion.

©2013 Ben Aaronovitch (P)2013 Orion Publishing Group

Next book in a wonderful series great narration

Always a pleasure to come across another in the "Folly" series by Ben Aaronovitch. This one combines all the hallmarks of the others starting with Kobna Holdbrook-Smiths superb vocal range bringing each of the many characters to life magic, a superbly street wise Peter Grant and an author that knows London inside out. The character of the Nightingale is an invention of pure brilliance and the description of the battle between him and the Russian practitioner is excellent. The twist right at the end catches one unawares. If there was a criticism it might be that the cast is getting very large and occasionally confusing, not everyone in the previous books needs to make an appearance in the current volume. I downloaded the book and in 2 days had finished listening as I found it so entertaining. Hope to see more of the Nightingale's back - story in the next work.

Great Urban Fantasy

This is a great series - interesting, clever, suspenseful, funny and imaginative. I love the central characters, I love the magic system, the sense of place (London) and writing. the main character is really enjoyable, and the narrator is marvelous at capturing the different voices of a large cast of diverse characters. It is such a pleasure to have a male narrator who can do female voices without making me cringe. Thanks Audible for marrying up a great book with just the right narrator.

Kobna ruins me for all other narrators

Any additional comments?

Love this series, even if this novel felt more like a breather episode than super-relevant to the overall plot. Kobna nails the voices as per usual.

Great fun

worth listening and relistening to. The narrator brings the story to life in an extraordinary manner.

Best audio book series

This series is fantastic - a great combination of engaging, clever stories matched with the perfect narrator. Kobna is the best narrator I’ve come across yet and I’m currently working my way through the series for a second time.

Another great one!

Enjoyed every second of the book. Every time I thought it couldn't get more interesting and engaging it just did exactly that.

A superb book perfectly narrated

Sometime you get that magical combination of the perfect book with the perfect narrator. In the case of the Rivers of London series this is true of the whole series including this one.

Love/hate

I hate it, I guess it but it's to well written not to love and 7 hope he will bringe her to the light once again.

there is a sting at the end

What made the experience of listening to Broken Homes the most enjoyable?

the 4th book in the peter grant series ventures south of the river, with our heroes having to face (or faceless) not 1 but 2 enemies.

The story has some nasty suprises waiting and aaronovich manages to keep a lot hidden by leaving some very obvious things out in the open, only at the end you see how the obvious and the hidden combine

clever

as always the style and accents of holdbrook smith adds greatly to the story and even takes in the difference in lesley's voice as she had another operation

The bits of info on london reveal (once again) how much knowlegde and research aaronovich has.

Fun to read even if you will end up cursing at the end

so mr aaronovich go away and write another one

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

yes, there is a very obvious bit of the plot that makes you think "peter you blind one, connect the dots" only to find out that there is a lot more

Have you listened to any of Kobna Holdbrook-Smith’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

the rest of the series, he has a good voice, giving life to a copper of african desent, a classic english gentleman, a seaside girl and many more

brilliant

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

this time its personal

Creepy, addictive, exciting, delicious

Kobna Holbrook-Smith is my favourite audible reader! And he makes a sexy and intriguing Peter Grant. Great series, on to the next one immediately!