2020/84: False Value -- Ben Aaronovitch

2020/84: False Value -- Ben Aaronovitch

...a tingle of vestigium. Nothing professionally worrying, just a whiff of glitter and stardust. A middle-aged woman a couple of armpits down the carriage from me said, ‘It’s a godawful small affair,’ and burst into tears. As the train pulled out I thought I heard a man’s voice say, ‘To the girl with the mousy hair,’ but the noise of the train drowned it out. By the time we got to Colliers Wood, nobody was singing but I’d picked up enough of a nearby conversation to learn that David Bowie was dead. [loc. 118]

After the story arc that culminated in Lies Sleeping, I was interested to see where Aaronovitch was going next with Peter Grant, the Folly, Beverley &co. The answer? Old Street roundabout, which is where I used to work BC (Before Covid). Or in another sense, 42. (The answer, that is. This book features a plethora of Hitch-Hiker's Guide references, which became rather wearing ...)
( no spoilers )