Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch

The Blurb On The Back:

A mutilated body in Crawley. Another killer on the loose. The prime suspect is one Robert Weil. Is he an associate of the twisted magician known as the Faceless Man? Or just a common or garden serial killer?

Before PC Peter Grant can get his head around the case a town planner going under a tube train and a stolen grimoire are adding to his case-load.

So far, so London.

But then Peter gets word of something very odd happening in Elephant and Castle, on a housing estate designed by a nutter, built by charlatans and inhabited by the truly desperate.

Is there a connection?

And if there is, why oh why did it have to be South of the River?

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The Verdict:

The fourth in Ben Aaronovitch’s PETER GRANT SERIES is an enjoyable but meandering affair that felt like filler. I welcomed the return to the Little Crocodiles storyline and the revelation about a returning character but the plot moved through contrivance rather than investigation and the rushed ending with its telegraphed twist may infuriate some fans. I kept turning the pages and enjoyed what there was, but this isn’t as great as the earlier books and felt like filler.