This installment of the Rivers of London series takes place (mostly) away from the usual Folly locale and has a lot more rural policing stuff in it, working on relationships, dealing with small towns. Not as many of the main characters you’ve grown to know and like. Very little Lesley, not a lot of Nightingale. There are some bonus magical animals, but definitely feels more like “one in a series” than a stand-alone even though it can work that way as well. I liked it.