Rivers of London
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Rivers of London is an urban fantasy novel that blends police procedural crime-solving with modern magic in a vividly realized contemporary London.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rivers of London canonical | 3 |
| Rivers of London comics | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6796465 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rivers of London Context triple: [Ben Aaronovitch, notableWork, Rivers of London]
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A.
Paternoster Row
Paternoster Row was a historic London street that served as the center of the English book trade and publishing industry until its destruction in the Blitz during World War II.
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B.
Inspector Wembury
Inspector Wembury is a fictional police detective who appears as a central investigating character in Edgar Wallace’s crime novel "The Ringer."
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C.
The Keeper of Lost Causes
The Keeper of Lost Causes is a Danish crime thriller film (based on Jussi Adler-Olsen’s novel) that follows detective Carl Mørck as he investigates a cold missing-persons case with dark and unexpected twists.
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D.
Whitechapel
Whitechapel is an inner-city district in East London historically known for its working-class population, immigrant communities, and association with the Jack the Ripper murders.
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E.
The Cuckoo's Calling
The Cuckoo's Calling is a crime fiction novel, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, that introduces private detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates the suspicious death of a supermodel.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rivers of London Target entity description: Rivers of London is an urban fantasy novel that blends police procedural crime-solving with modern magic in a vividly realized contemporary London.
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A.
Paternoster Row
Paternoster Row was a historic London street that served as the center of the English book trade and publishing industry until its destruction in the Blitz during World War II.
-
B.
Inspector Wembury
Inspector Wembury is a fictional police detective who appears as a central investigating character in Edgar Wallace’s crime novel "The Ringer."
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C.
The Keeper of Lost Causes
The Keeper of Lost Causes is a Danish crime thriller film (based on Jussi Adler-Olsen’s novel) that follows detective Carl Mørck as he investigates a cold missing-persons case with dark and unexpected twists.
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D.
Whitechapel
Whitechapel is an inner-city district in East London historically known for its working-class population, immigrant communities, and association with the Jack the Ripper murders.
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E.
The Cuckoo's Calling
The Cuckoo's Calling is a crime fiction novel, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, that introduces private detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates the suspicious death of a supermodel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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police procedural novel ⓘ urban fantasy novel ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Midnight Riot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAsRegion | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Ben Aaronovitch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award | Galaxy National Book Awards New Writer of the Year (shortlist) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Stephen Walter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterRole |
apprentice wizard
ⓘ
wizard ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
ghosts
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magic ⓘ river deities ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization |
Folly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metropolitan Police Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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police procedural ⓘ urban fantasy ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Moon Over Soho
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Whispers Under Ground NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpinOffMedium |
comic book series
ⓘ
graphic novels ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre | comic fantasy ⓘ |
| isbn | 978-0-575-12957-9 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Beverley Brook
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lesley May NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Nightingale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending police procedural with magic
ⓘ
detailed depiction of London geography ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Rivers of London series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
hidden supernatural world in contemporary city
ⓘ
intersection of modern policing and magic ⓘ |
| protagonistEmployer | Metropolitan Police Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | police constable ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2011 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gollancz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesOrder | 1 ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| settingPeriod | contemporary era ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Rivers of London Description of subject: Rivers of London is an urban fantasy novel that blends police procedural crime-solving with modern magic in a vividly realized contemporary London.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rivers of London comics