Imagined crossover · Magic and fantasy
What if Cormoran Strike met Peter Grant?
The private eye and the police wizard. Both are outsiders who know London intimately, and both have dry, observant humour.
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The pair
Cormoran StrikePrivate detective and Afghanistan veteranBy Robert Galbraith · Cormoran Strike · first in The Cuckoo’s Calling
Peter GrantPolice constable and apprentice wizardBy Ben Aaronovitch · Rivers of London · first in Rivers of London
Chemistry8/10
Friction5/10
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Where and when
London
The 2010s to today
The story
- How they might meet
- A client hires Strike to investigate a death that the Met has quietly passed to a strange little unit at the Folly.
- Why they would work
- Both are outsiders who know London intimately, and both have dry, observant humour.
- What each brings
- Strike is a patient, old-fashioned investigator with a soldier’s eye. Grant is a curious, tech-savvy copper with very unusual training.
- Where they would clash
- Strike believes in evidence and nothing else; Grant knows there is more to London than evidence can explain. Strike would not believe a word of it, at first.
Strengths compared
Cormoran Strike Peter Grant
Our own ratings out of 10, for fun.
On the page together
The years in which each character's books were published.
Read your way in
Start with each character's first appearance.
- The Cuckoo’s CallingRobert Galbraith · 2013 · Cormoran Strike's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
- Rivers of LondonBen Aaronovitch · 2011 · Peter Grant's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
