Stone and Sky

Out Now: The Brand New Rivers of London Novel

By: Ben Aaronovitch

Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Shvorne Marks

THE BRAND NEW NOVEL IN THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING RIVERS OF LONDON SERIES

'This isn't London. The rules are different up here, and so are the allegiances.'

Detective Sergeant Peter Grant takes a much-needed holiday up in Scotland. And he'll need one when this is over...

If more's the merrier, then it's ecstatic as his partner Beverley, their young twins, his mum, dad, his dad's band and their dodgy manager all tag along. Even his boss, DCI Thomas Nightingale, takes in the coastal airs as he trains Peter's cousin Abigail in the arcane arts.

And they'll need them too, because Scotland's Granite City has more than its fair share of history and mystery, myth ... and murder.

When a body is found in a bus stop, fresh from the sea, the case smells fishy from the off.

Something may be stirring beyond the bay - but there's something far stranger in the sky...

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PRAISE FOR BEN AARONOVITCH & THE RIVERS OF LONDON SERIES:

'Highly entertaining'
SUNDAY EXPRESS

'Charming, witty, exciting'
THE INDEPENDENT

'Ben Aaronovitch has created a wonderful world full of mystery, magic and fantastic characters. I love being there more than the real London'
NICK FROST

'As brilliant and funny as ever ... Masterfully crafted - gives the late, great Terry Pratchett a run for his money'
THE SUN

'An incredibly fast-moving magical joyride for grown-ups'
THE TIMES

'Funny and wildly inventive'
MAIL ON SUNDAY©2025 Ben Aaronovitch

Critic reviews

Highly entertaining

Funny and wildly inventive

Masterfully crafted ... Gives the late, great Terry Pratchett a run for his money

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

Charming, witty, exciting

An incredibly fast-moving magical joyride for grown-ups

Pure Folley

A return of all our favourite characters & some new ones to be made. A wonderful story & the narration, as always makes the audio books.

Another great book

Great, maybe not quite as good as earlier books but still excellent and lots of fun.

Can I skip narration of Abigail?

The narrator for Abigail throws the flow of the story so much I have to concentrate hard to follow. It’s such a shame!

Not as strong as past stories

Tired of the Abigail character. The complex story line is interesting. I would like to have Nightingale more involved.

I miss Kobnas version of Nightingale during the Abigail’s parts

I haven’t followed the Abigail-storyline, so clearly I’ve missed a bunch that I now want to get back to. However, although I understand the use of a different reader for her parts (whom I’ve also understood does previous Abigail-stories) I truly miss the way Kobna does Nightingale during the Abigail-parts. Especially since I kind of adore how he has taken on Abigail as an apprentice and therefore has an important part in her story too.