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Ben Aaronovitch's bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series
When two young girls go missing in rural Herefordshire, police constable and wizard-in-training Peter Grant is sent out of London to check that nothing supernatural is involved.
It's purely routine—Nightingale, Peter's superior, thinks he'll be done in less than a day. But Peter's never been one to walk away from someone in trouble, so when nothing overtly magical turns up he volunteers his services to the local police, who need all the help they can get.
But because the universe likes a joke as much as the next sadistic megalomaniac, Peter soon comes to realize that dark secrets underlie the picturesque fields and villages of the countryside and there might just be work for Britain's most junior wizard after all.
Soon Peter's in a vicious race against time, in a world where the boundaries between reality and fairy have never been less clear . . .
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Ben Aaronovitch writes urban fantasy and science fiction novels, including more than a dozen novels and novellas in the Rivers of London series, which have been shortlisted for major awards, including the CWA Dagger in the Library award, British Book Award Page-turner of the Year Award, and the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award. He has also contributed novels to sever of the Doctor Who series.
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith is a Ghanaian-born British actor who has appeared on stage, screen, and television. A graduate of the Guildford School of Acting, he won a Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.