The Hanging Tree is the sixth book in the Rivers of London series.
Summary[]
A drug overdose in a posh London flat turns out to have Falcon connections. Lady Ty calls in the favour that Peter Grant owes her for having saved his life (at the end of Whispers Under Ground). The Faceless Man returns.
References to other works[]
A musician called Lol Robinson is mentioned. A character with the same name and occupation appears in the Merrily Watkins' books by Phil Rickman. The books deal with supernatural things in Herefordshire (just as Ben Aaronovitch's Foxglove Summer).
List of returning characters[]
- Peter Grant
- Alexander Seawoll
- Sahra Guleed
- Tyburn
- Lesley May
- Beverley Brook
- Harold Postmartin
- Thomas Nightingale
- Kimberley Reynolds
- David Carey
- Reynard Fossman
- The Irregulars
- DS Simon Kittredge
- Caroline Linden-Limmer
- The genius loci of the Grand Union Canal (mentioned)
- Maksim (mentioned)
- Zachary Palmer
- Elizabeth Ten-Tons
- DI William Pollock
- Al (mentioned)
- Larry "the Lark" (mentioned)
- Faceless Man
List of characters introduced in this story[]
List of minor characters[]
- Albertina Pryce
- Albert Pryce
- Phoebe Beaumont-Jones
- Jeremy Beaumont-Jones
- Christina Chorley
- Martin Chorley
- Roderick Crawford
- Douglas - Student at Queen Mary University
- Finula - Works at MI5
- Melinda - Student at Queen Mary University
- James Murray
- Alasdair
- Maureen
Extra[]
The Waterstones edition of The Hanging Tree contains the short story King of the Rats.