History Trivia / RiversOfLondon

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: A strangely recent example, but on his blog, Aaronovitch frequently laments that the Met reinvents itself so often the books are ''instantly'' dated. Usually this just means he has to change exactly what the Folly's official designation is, but in ''Broken Homes'' he came up with the phrase "Working together for a stranger London" as a play on the Met slogan "Working together for a safer London", and they immediately stopped using it.

*** ''Foxglove Summer''[='s=] French title, ''Les Disparues de Rushpool'', translates as "The Rushpool Disappearances".

*** The first book, and thus the series as a whole, was retitled ''Le Dernier Apprenti Sorcier'' ("The Last Sorcerer's Apprentice"). Long story short, this is now a ''major'' ArtifactTitle.

*** ''Whispers Under Ground'' becomes ''Ein Whispern unter Baker Street'' ("A Whisper under Baker Street").

** German: ''The Hanging Tree'', in a more minor example, is ''Der Galgen von Tyburn'' ("The Gallows of Tyburn").

** German:
*** ''Foxglove Summer'' becomes ''Fingerhut-Sommer'' ("Thimble Summer").
*** ''The Hanging Tree'', in a more minor example, is ''Der Galgen von Tyburn'' ("The Gallows of Tyburn").

*** ''Foxglove Summer''[='s=] French title translates as "The Rushpool Disappearances".

** German: ''The Hanging Tree'', in a more minor example, is ''Der Galgen von Tyburn'' ("The Gallows of Tyburn").

* MarketBasedTitle: Book one was re-titled as "Midnight Riot" for the US release, ostensibly because American readers need something more dynamic to catch their interest.

* OneOfUs: Aaronovitch has name dropped a couple of trope names outright in the series and has presented Peter as one of the best examples of geek-culture as the protagonist.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod states that the book series was originally meant to be a TV series described as ''Series/PrimeSuspect'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''TabletopGame/ArsMagica''. Creator/PaulMcGann would have played Nightingale and Peter would have been a woman named Simone. There would have also been an entire team of wizards working for the Met.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod states that the book series was originally meant to be a TV series described as ''Series/PrimeSuspect'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''TabletopGame/ArsMagica''. Creator/PaulMcGann would have played Nightingale and Peter would have been a woman named Simone. There would have also been an entire team of wizards working for the Met.

** ''The Hanging Tree'''s release date has slipped all the way from June 2015 to September 2017.

** ''The Hanging Tree'''s release date has slipped all the way from June 2015 to January 2017.

** ''The Hanging Tree'''s release date has slipped from June 2015, to November 2015, and then all the way to June 2016.

* ScheduleSlip: The ever changing release date of the third and fourth novels, the former which slipped from June to October and the latter which slipped from a June release to November.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: A strangely recent example, but on his blog, Aaronovitch frequently laments that the Met reinvents itself so often the books are ''instantly'' dated. Usually this just means he has to change exactly what the Folly's official designation is, but in ''Broken Homes'' he comes up with the phrase "Working together for a stranger London" as a play on the Met slogan "Working together for a safer London", and they immediately stopped using it.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: A strangely recent example, but on his blog, Aaronovitch frequently laments that the Met reinvents itself so often the books are ''instantly'' dated. Usually this just means he has to reinvent exactly what the Folly's official designation is, but in ''Broken Homes'' he comes up with the phrase "Working together for a stranger London" as a play on the Met slogan "Working together for a safer London", and they immediately stopped using it.

* ScheduleSlip: The ever changing release date of the third novel.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod states that the book series was originally meant to be a TV series described as ''PrimeSuspect'' [[XMeetsY meets]] TabletopGame/ArsMagica. [[Creator/PaulMcGann Paul]] [[Series/DoctorWho McGann]] would have played Nightingale and Peter would have been a woman named Simone. There would have also been an entire team of wizards working for the Met.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod states that the book series was originally meant to be a TV series described as PrimeSuspect [[XMeetsY meets]] ArsMagica. [[PaulMcGann Paul]] [[DoctorWho McGann]] would have played Nightingale and Peter would have been a woman named Simone. There would have also been an entire team of wizards working for the Met.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod states that the book series was originally meant to be a TV series. [[PaulMcGann Paul]] [[DoctorWho McGann]] would have played Nightingale and Peter would have been a woman named Simone. There would have also been an entire team of wizards working for the Met.