Ben Aaronovitch's first book in the Rivers of London series breaths new life into a stale urban fantasy genre with a story that is funny, scary, and quintessentially British.
I've recommended this book (especially the audiobook version) to dozens of people. It's some of the most fun I've had with an audiobook series.
Rivers of London (AKA Midnight Riot) | TheMittani.com
I’m a bit weary of urban fantasy. The vampires. The werewolves. The love triangles (and love rhomboids, and love dodecahedrons). The trench-coated, eye-glowing, foggy-streeted, wizard-for-hire sameness of it all. So, if you figured I’d approach Ben Aaronvitch’s Rivers of London (sold as Midnight …
Just finished Broken Homes. Still full of delights.