Five Figure Fanwork Exchange

Rivers of London

• 8 books so far


• 7 graphic novels (good for backstory but skippable if you don’t care for the format)


• 2 short stories (also skippable for fic purposes but still worth a read)


• Amazon link, Bookshop.org link, or hit me up on tumblr if you’d like help finding them!

Edit: links aren't working for mysterious reasons but you can google for the books or go directly to xenoarcana

What is it?

The Rivers of London series follows Peter Grant, a probationary constable in the Metropolitan Police, whose unexpected ability to talk to ghosts lands him in a hush-hush specialist unit that deals with the magical and uncanny. Other members of the cast include: Lesley May, fellow probationary constable and the sensible one of the two; Thomas Nightingale, Peter’s senior officer and the last wizard in England (bonus: comes with a mysterious past!); and a variety of river gods, fae, and a persistently malevolent spirit who likes to make people’s faces fall off. Plus a host of other bad guys, good guys, and people in between.

It’s very fucking funny, and while not a comedy (it definitely deals with some serious topics, ranging from serial killers to the horrors of war), Peter’s wit remains on point throughout the whole series. It also has: mysteries! The science of magic! Betrayal*! Jazz! A dog! Cool worldbuilding! Flashy suits! Angst**! Some very shippable characters and also the opportunity for a lot of casefic, gen, and/or character studies!

*it takes a few books to get there
**in a subdued, British way

What am I likely to request?

Attempting to be spoiler-free here…

My requests are mostly for Nightingale and Lesley. For Nightingale, I’m interested in anything set during the war or maybe casefic during the period of time where he was alone in the Folly. I feel like he has such potential for angsty fic. Then again, I’m also interested in Peter/Nightingale, and it’s difficult to be angsty with Peter around!

For Lesley, I want to see her side of the story! After [redacted for spoilers] happens, we don’t really see as much of her, and we certainly don’t know what’s going on in her head. I’d love to read about that. (I know, this is extremely vague for a promo post, but any detail is a major spoiler!)

Either way, I'm interested in both gen and shippy content.

Content Notes

Some violence — no on-page torture or anything. About standard for police procedurals. I can't recall anything else of note.