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BODY AND SOUL The song. That’s what London constable and sorcerer’s apprentice Peter Grant first notices when he examines the corpse of Cyrus Wilkins, part-time jazz drummer and full-time accountant, who dropped dead of a heart attack while playing a gig at Soho’s 606 Club. The notes of... read more
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Characters edit
- Stephanopoulis: A tough but fair cop, I'm tempted to say she 'takes no prisoners' but she wouldn't be much of a detective if that were true, so let's call her a good foil for the narrator's wayward policing techniques.
- Simone Fitzwilliam: Add a description of this character.
- Dr. Walid: Coroner connected the Met but spends a lot of time with the 'The Folly' dectives.
- Alexander Smith
- Leslie
- James
- Peggy
- Max
- Daniel
- Molly
- Cherie
- Peter
- Postmartin
- Jason Dunlop
- Nightingale
- Larry
- Trollope
- Cyrus Wilkinson
- Grant
- Toby
- Ken Johnson
- Purdy
- Melinda Abbot
- Geoffrey Wheatcroft
- Caffrey
- Mickey
- Oxley
- Henry Bellrush
- Mama Thames
- Ms. Ghosh
- Martha
- John Giles
- Bartholomew
- Polidori
- Thomas
- Wolfe
- Jerry Johnson
- Mccullough
First Sentence edit
It's a sad fact of modern life that if you drive long enough, sooner or later you must leave London behind.
Table of Contents edit
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Epigraph
Chapter 1 - Body and Soul
Chapter 2 - The Spice of Life
Chapter 3 - A Long Drink of the Blues
Chapter 4 - One-Tenth of My Ashes
Chapter 5 - The Night Gate
Chapter 6 - The Empress of Pleasure
Chapter 7 - Almost Like Being in Love
Chapter 8 - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Chapter 9 - The Forcing House
Chapter 10 - Funland
Chapter 11 - These Foolish Things
Chapter 12 - It Don't Mean a Thing
Chapter 13 - Autumn Leaves
Chapter 14 - I Woke up this Morning
Historical Note
Themes & Symbolism edit
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 3 in Rivers of London. (standard series)
Preceded by Midnight Riot, and followed by Whispers Under Ground.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ben Aaronovitch (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Gollancz
Country: UK
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 0575097604
Page Count: 384
Publisher: Gollancz
Country: UK
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 0575097604
Page Count: 384
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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