The October Man: A Rivers of London Novella

The October Man is set in Trier, famous for wine, Romans, and being Germany's oldest city. When a man is found dead with his body impossibly covered in a fungal rot, the local authorities realize they are out of their depth.

Fortunately, this is Germany, where there are procedures for everything. Enter Investigator Tobias Winter, whose aim is to get in, deal with the problem, and get out with the minimum of fuss, personal danger, and paperwork.

With the help of frighteningly enthusiastic local cop Vanessa Sommer, he's quick to link the first victim to a group of ordinary middle-aged men - and to realize they may have accidentally reawakened a bloody conflict from a previous century.

• The rot is still spreading - literally.
• The suspect list extends to people born before Frederick the Great.
• S solving the case may mean unearthing the city's secret magical history...

...so long as that history doesn't kill them first.

'The Rivers of London series is an ever-evolving delight' - CRIME REVIEW

'Ben Aaronovitch is a master of metropolitan magical mayhem' - STARBURST

'Aaronovitch deftly balances urban fantasy with the police procedural' - CRIME SCENE

'Once you start, you'll find a London that's just dying to be explored' - DEN OF GEEK