#18 ~ Midnight Riot

A strange book was #18 ~ Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch.  A British police officer is placed as an apprentice to a magician.  Yep, magic.  Ghosts.  Time Travel.  River Gods and Goddesses.  Strange, but interesting.  And funny.  And...I'm probably not the best review because I started it this summer, but didn't finish it (seriously, I renewed it twice) and could read about three pages before I fell asleep...{this working thing is cramping my style}
This is the first in a pretty long series...don't know if I'll read anymore.

fl: It started at one thirty on a cold Tuesday morning in January when Martin Turner, street performer and, in his own words, apprentice gigolo, tripped over a body in front of the West Portico of St. Paul's at Covent Garden.   ll: "Don't worry, it's basically just like the country," I said. "Only with more people."

Quotes:

p 2 ~ Could it have been anyone, or was it destiny?  When I'm considering this I find it helpful to quote the wisdom of my father, who once told me, "Who knows why the fuck anything happens?"

p66 ~ rictus of rage {rictus: a fixed grimace or grin}