Second paragraph of third chapter:

‘Also in the springtime,’ he said. Then, after a pause, ‘And the autumn, of course.’ Another pause. ‘Once or twice during the summer.’

Latest in the successful Rivers of London sequence, this takes Peter Grant and his cousin Abigail, along with Indigo the talking fox, to Aberdeen rather than their usual haunts, to investigate the disappearance of a human scientist and the discovery of a mysterious dead humanoid with gills. By about half way through, it becomes clear what the story is really about, but the whole thing has very enjoyable attention to detail and some great character moments, and sometimes a bit of entertainment is all that is needed. You can get Stone and Sky here.

This means that I have finished the Rivers of London books, at least as they stand for now. For my next trick, I’m going to work through Mick Herron’s Slow Horses books, on which the TV show is based.