Police work still matters
Magic does not replace evidence. Interviews, jurisdiction, paperwork and professional judgement remain central to every investigation.
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London is
the evidence.
Meet the characters and explore the places, river courts and magic that connect the Rivers of London stories—without revealing later outcomes.
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The world in four clues
How it fits together
Start here if you are new to the series. These are the foundations that make the setting more than “magic in London”.
Magic can be studied
The Folly’s tradition treats magic as a discipline learned through forms, repetition and observation—not simply as an unexplained power.
Rivers have families
Waterways are places, personalities and political domains. Their relationships turn London’s geography into a living social network.
The city keeps traces
History, buildings and human activity leave impressions. A location can carry evidence long after an ordinary crime scene has gone quiet.
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Search the complete guide or choose one strand. Results are grouped by characters, places, terminology and comics. Meet the real creators and narrators on Real people.
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Where the comics fit
One world, multiple formats
The graphic novels are canonical stories rather than adaptations of the prose novels. Browse their collected volumes alongside the prose titles in Books.
Our reading-order page brings prose, audio and collected comics together, with an author-led story chronology and notes where the official timelines differ.
Explore the graphic novels in Books →Another character guide
Explore Molly’s profile alongside the other people in the story world.