I was losing momentum when I started this, but a lot of very unexpected and strange things happened - three magic bells were formed, Peter was briefly imprisoned with an old high-fae friend of Molly's, the fae were reunited, and Peter fight the Faceless Man in the dream team alongside spirits of generations of Londoners. And, as foreshadowed, Mr Punch returned. That was quite a ride. Phew!
The Hanging Tree: The Sixth Rivers of London novel (A Rivers of London novel): Book 6 in the #1 bestselling Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch
A strange story, and difficult to follow in places. I'm not a huge fan of Lady Ty, or the Faceless Man, but I understand the need to have a filler, and to unmask the villain (Martin Chorley, by the way). Definitely funny and gruesome in places, and annoyingly complicated by the addition of the Americans - which all makes sense, in that police cases are never particularly clean. Confused...
A connection of human short stories, all with exceptional authorial voice - I could hear Hanks reading them out to me. While not every story was satisfying, they felt real, and it's obvious that Hanks wanted to portray this.


