Stromberg habitually sat drinking coffee beside his brass-bound telescope, and Peter uses a spell to see what Stromberg's telescope once revealed: Skygarden Tower in extreme close-up. Skygarden Tower, located in a fictional version of Elephant and Castle, on the site of the real Heygate Estate, is regarded as Stromberg's most significant work. While the house yields no clues, Mulhern's theft of one of Erik Stromberg's books takes Peter to the architect's home, West Hill House. Peter pays him a call but finds Mulhern dead by magic.

CCTV coverage of the surrounding area leads Peter to the suspected thief, one Patrick Mulhern. Peter uncovers a rare German Grimoire handed in by a book dealer, who suspected it was stolen. Richard Lewis, on the Little Crocodile watch list, committed suicide by train while showing signs of being controlled through magic. Sergeant Jaget Kumar calls in Peter to help with a case. Nightingale instructs Peter and Lesley in the art of magical staff-making in the hopes of drawing out the Faceless Man. Meanwhile, PC Lesley May, still on indefinite sick leave after suffering a magical attack that resulted in catastrophic facial injuries in Rivers of London, returns to The Folly after her latest round of reconstructive surgery. Peter initially assumes Weil is a serial killer, but he and Nightingale learn that Weil is on their list of Little Crocodiles, members of an Oxford University dining club who were taught magic by Geoffrey Wheatcroft.

Subsequent enquiries lead to a shallow grave containing the body of a young woman killed with and disfigured by a shotgun whose fingers have been removed.

The investigating officers found human blood from a body in the early state of rigor mortis in his car. ( September 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ĭonstable Peter Grant and Detective Chief Inspector Nightingale are called to investigate a road traffic accident involving Robert Weil. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.

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