Father Thames
The older upriver domain, associated with the Thames beyond central London.
The connected reference
Every current.
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Follow the stories across formats, see who connects to whom, map the river courts, decode the Folly’s vocabulary and choose your next listen or tabletop case.
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Choose how much the file reveals
This filter only changes the connections diagram. It does not hide spoilers in other sections, book reviews or external sources. The middle and final settings currently show the same indexed connections.
Desk 01 · Chronology
The whole story, across formats
This follows the author’s relative story chronology for the indexed titles, with Stone and Sky appended as the latest main novel in this guide. Historical cases come first here; choose publication order for a first read. This is not a scene-by-scene timeline.
Desk 02 · Appearance index
Who appears where?
Choose a person to see a spoiler-light appearance trail. “Key” marks a substantial role; “appears” records a presence without describing the plot.
This index prioritises substantial appearances and is being expanded issue by issue; it does not claim to record every cameo.
Desk 03 · Location atlas
London is part of the evidence
Select a location file. This is a schematic navigation diagram: marker positions are not geographically accurate and must not be used for walking directions.
Desk 02 · Connections
The people around the Folly
A spoiler-controlled relationship map. Open a name to continue into the full profile directory.
Showing opening-premise relationships.
Desk 03 · River families
Waterways are jurisdictions
The Thames is simultaneously geography, family and political territory. This simplified map avoids later outcomes.
THE THAMES
Mama Thames
The modern lower-river family whose daughters are linked with London waterways.
This is a fan-made orientation diagram, not a literal family tree or geographical map.
Desk 04 · Magic
The Folly’s working vocabulary
Magic is treated as something that can be practised, observed and investigated. Search the expanded glossary without leaving the page.
Desk 05 · Audiobooks
Match the voice to the viewpoint
The change of narrator is a useful clue: it generally means the fictional world has moved beyond Peter’s immediate experience.
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
The defining voice of Peter Grant and the principal novel sequence, maintaining a large recurring cast across the long series.
Open narrator profile →Shvorne Marks
What Abigail Did That Summer, plus dual narration on Stone and Sky.
Profile →Sam Peter Jackson
The bilingual English-and-German voice of The October Man.
Profile →Penelope Rawlins
The voice of the American branch in Winter’s Gifts.
Profile →Desk 08 · Graphic novels
Cases made for the page
The comics are canonical original stories, not adaptations. Credits vary by volume, so creators belong beside each case.
Desk 09 · Institutional history
The Folly before Peter Grant
A broad, spoiler-light timeline. Where exact dates are uncertain, this guide uses periods rather than guesses.
The Newtonian tradition
British magic develops a systematic vocabulary of forms, teaching and written practice.
The Folly as an institution
Practitioners work within an increasingly formal relationship with the state and policing.
Ettersberg and its consequences
The war leaves deep losses and unanswered questions in British magical practice.
A diminished specialist branch
The Folly survives, but its knowledge, staffing and connections have contracted.
Peter’s recruitment
A probationary constable brings scientific curiosity and a new generation into the work.
The Folly
Police-linked Newtonian practice centred in London.
Tobias Winter’s branch
A related but institutionally distinct approach seen in The October Man.
Federal investigations
Kimberley Reynolds provides the procedural viewpoint in Winter’s Gifts.
Desk 10 · Editions and short fiction
Know what you’re collecting
Different titles and formats can make a complete shelf surprisingly difficult to audit.
Rivers of London / Midnight Riot
The same first Peter Grant novel under two titles.
Tales from the Folly
The principal collected home for shorter pieces, with multiple viewpoints and periods.
A Rare Book of Cunning Device
A compact British Library case first encountered as an audio production.
Issues, volumes and omnibuses
Compare contents: stories appear as individual issues, collected volumes and multi-volume sets.
ISBNs are edition-specific
Hardback, paperback, ebook and audio editions have distinct identifiers and dates.
Affiliate-ready, editorially separate
Future commission-earning links will be labelled. No tracking is currently active.
Desk 06 · Tabletop
Investigate inside the world
Chaosium’s roleplaying line lets players join the Folly as newly recruited investigators. These are games and case files, not prose instalments in the reading order.
Rivers of London: The Roleplaying Game
The core rules, character creation, London policing and Newtonian magic, plus introductory adventures and exclusive short fiction.
In Liberty’s Shadow
A guide to running Rivers cases in the United States.
Underground, Overground
Four scenarios built around supernatural investigations in London.
Dead Letter
A self-contained introduction designed for one player.
No Place Like Home
New investigations accompanied by original microfiction.
Desk 12 · My casebook
Your private fan record
Save a favourite and a theory on this device. Nothing is submitted, published or shared.