★★★☆☆ Moment 16 (?), The House Before Christmas, London, Christmas Eve 2018, by Ben Aaronovitch
Christmas charity
Moment 16 (?), The House Before Christmas, London, Christmas Eve 2018
Ben Aaronovitch
Christmas charity
Our friend Ben Aaronovitch has graced us with a small bit of Christmas charity in the form of a Moment. Aaronovitch’s moments are tiny, not-quite stories that he puts out irregularly. They are usually not Aristotelian beginning-middle-end stories, but rather vignettes that offer more insight into the history and characters of the Rivers of London novels. I am quite fond of Ben’s Moments.
We often get one when a new book is released, and fairly often we get one for Christmas or Valentine’s Day. This one appeared in my Inbox yesterday, Christmas 2025. The last previous Moment I have a record of was “Moment 15, The Body In The River. Pitlochry, January 1978” in Feb-2025. Ben himself assigned that one the number 15. Thus, assuming I haven’t missed any (not a safe assumption by any means), this would be Moment 16. (One of these days I should put together as complete a list as I can. Today will not be that day.)
In this one Peter investigates the overnight spontaneous appearance of a house where there was none before. If you’re familiar with the Rivers of London novels, you’ll be able to guess who’s responsible1.
Moment 16, The House Before Christmas, London, Christmas Eve 2018
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