<b>Return to the world of <i>Rivers of London</i> in this first short story collection from bestselling author, Ben Aaronovitch. <i>Tales from the Folly</i> is a carefully curated collection that gathers together previously published stories and brand new tales in the same place for the first time.</b><br><br>Each tale features a new introduction from the author, filled with insight and anecdote offering the reader a deeper exploration into this absorbing fictional world. This is a must read for any <i>Rivers of London</i> fan.<br><br>Join Peter, Nightingale, Abigail, Agent Reynolds and Tobias Winter for a series of perfectly portioned tales. Discover what’s haunting a lonely motorway service station, who still wanders the shelves of a popular London bookshop, and what exactly happened to the River Lugg…<br><br> With an <b>introduction</b> from internationally bestselling author of the <i>Sookie Stackhouse</i> series, <b>Charlaine Harris</b>.<br><br><b>This collection includes:</b><br>The Home Crowd Advantage<br>The Domestic<br>The Cockpit<br>The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Granny<br>King of The Rats<br>A Rare Book of Cunning Device<br>A Dedicated Follower of Fashion<br>Favourite Uncle<br>Vanessa Sommer’s Other Christmas List<br>Three Rivers, Two Husbands and a Baby<br>Moments One-Three<br><br><b>Praise for the <i>Rivers of London</i> series:</b><br>“Ben Aaronovitch has created a wonderful world full of mystery, magic and fantastic characters. I love being there more than the real London” <b>–Nick Frost</b><br>“A superlative blend of whimsy and grit…Jim Butcher meets Douglas Adams” <b>—<i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br>“…my favorite current series… delightful, compulsive and fresh—with a love of multicultural London evident on every page, wonderfully diverse characters, magic, mystery, and mayhem. Once you start, you will literally not be able to put them down.” <b>—Lavie Tidhar in <i>Washington Post</i></b><br>“…recounted with deadpan British wit and irony…packed with fascinating historical detail… Lively and amusing and different.” <b>—<i>Kirkus</i></b>