When a self-styled King of the Rats crashes a corporate do hosted by Fleet and Tyburn naturally the Folly are called in.  Peter and Kumar have to determine whether his majesty is the legitimate ruler of the rat nation or a sad man with a rodent fixation.
And they’d better do it fast before irate Rivers decide to embark on a bit of DIY pest control.

Ben Bailey Smith reads a bespoke Peter Grant short story written especially for Cityread London by Ben Aaronovitch. The event took place in the Mail Rail depot beneath Mount Pleasant, London on 25 March 2015 in partnership with the British Postal Museum and Archive.

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