What Abigail Did That Summer is a novella by Ben Aaronovitch.[1]
Abigail became involved with a case of teenaged missing persons during the summer of 2013, and came to the attention of a senior Home Office civil servant. Peter actually says "picked up some protection" concerning their relationship.[2]
The audiobook version of the novella is narrated by Shvorne Marks.
A short extract is available online.[3]
Plot Summary[]
Ghost hunter, fox whisperer, troublemaker. It is the summer of 2013, and Abigail Kamara has been left to her own devices. This might, by those who know her, be considered a mistake. While her cousin, police constable and apprentice wizard Peter Grant, is off in the sticks chasing unicorns Abigail is chasing her own mystery. Teenagers around Hampstead Heath have been going missing but before the police can get fully engaged the teens return home—unharmed but vague about where they've been. Aided only by her friend Simon, her knowledge that magic is real and a posse of talking foxes that think they're spies, Abigail must venture into the wilds of Hampstead to discover who is luring the teenagers and importantly—why?[3]
List of returning characters[]
List of characters introduced in this story[]
- Simon
- Simon’s mum
- The talking foxes, including Indigo, Lucifer, Sugar Niner
- Miss Redmayne (mentioned), (although Moment five: Abigail's Valentine 2014 was published before this novella, this is chronologically an earlier story)
- Thistle
- Angelica