Amongst Our Weapons, Audio Book

Amongst Our Weapons, Audio Book (2020) Ben Aaronovitch narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Rivers of London)

before the PC on the passenger side got a chance to ask Guleed why she was loitering while wearing a hijab in a built-up area, the driver leaned forward to get a look at us and recognized me.

“My dad truly believes that if you played a set with Miles Davis, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Philly Joe Jones, and Betty Carter on vocals, the dead would be rising up by the first drum solo, when Philly hit the hi-hat.”

“Jazz heaven,” said Danni.

“Or a jazz zombie apocalypse,” I said. “You decide.”

“It’s hardly likely to be an actual biblical angel,” he said when I’d finished.

“Why not?”

“In a world chock-full of murderous blaspheming bastards,” he said, “why would an omnipotent and omniscient deity pick a couple of obscure Brits to do away with in such a public manner.”

“Maybe they did something particularly bad?”

“Have you looked at the news recently?” said Postmartin.

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Rating: 8.5/10

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