Tales from the Folly — Ben Aaronovitch

Return to the world of Rivers of London in this first short story collection from bestselling author, Ben Aaronovitch. Tales from the Folly is a carefully curated collection that gathers together previously published stories and brand new tales in the same place for the first time.

Each tale features a new introduction from the author, filled with insight and anecdote offering the reader a deeper into this absorbing fictional world. This is a must read for any Rivers of London fan.


Join Peter, Nightingale, Abigail, Agent Reynolds and Tobias Winter for a series of perfectly portioned tales. Discover what's haunting a lonely motorway service station, who still wanders the shelves of a popular London bookshop, and what exactly happened to the River Lugg…


With an introduction from internationally bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, Charlaine Harris.

This collection includes:

The Home Crowd Advantage


The Domestic


The Cockpit


The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Granny


King of The Rats


A Rare Book of Cunning Device


A Dedicated Follower of Fashion


Favourite Uncle


Vanessa Sommer's Other Christmas List


Three Rivers, Two Husbands and a Baby


Moments One-Three

Praise for the Rivers of London series:

"Ben Aaronovitch has created a wonderful world full of mystery, magic and fantastic characters. I love being there more than the real London" â€"Nick Frost

"A superlative blend of whimsy and grit…Jim Butcher meets Douglas Adams" -- Publishers Weekly

"…my favorite current series… delightful, compulsive and fresh -- with a love of multicultural London evident on every page, wonderfully diverse characters, magic, mystery, and mayhem. Once you start, you will literally not be able to put them down." -- Lavie Tidhar in Washington Post

"…recounted with deadpan British wit and irony…packed with fascinating historical detail… Lively and amusing and different." -- Kirkus