Dec/Jan 2014/5: The unwritten Kimberley Reynolds novella takes place, prior to the events of this book, and involves the ‘centre of a small town’ being ‘levelled’
Early June 2015: Peter passes his detective exams (Detective Stories)
Day 1 (Sunday June 7th): Peter, Guleed, Carey, and Nightingale stake out Richard Williams’ house and fight the Pale Nanny/Charlotte Greenwood. That night, Peter has dinner with Bev, Nicky, and Abigail at Bev’s house.
Day 2: (Monday June 8th): Peter wakes up at the Folly and spends time in the gym, has breakfast with the team, visits the Whitechapel Bell Foundry and finds the magic bell, then goes to check on Williams. Charlotte Greenwood triggers Williams’ murder tattoo and is shot by Lucy the security guard. Peter attends Charlotte’s autopsy with Walid and Vaughan.
Day ¾ (Tues/Wed June 9th/10th): Peter does community outreach trying to find out where Charlotte came from and calls Kim Reynolds, probably early on Wednesday morning his time (it’s ‘past 8pm in Washington’, meaning it’s past 1am in London. An early sign of how hard Peter’s pushing himself.)
Day 5 (Thursday June 11th): Peter checks on Zach, talks to Marcia the magical-weed selling canal traveller, has an uninformative visit with Walbrook, and spends the night at Beverley’s.
Day 6 (Friday June 12th): Peter has IPCC interviews all day about Charlotte’s death, spends some time guarding the bell at the foundry, then heads back to Bev’s.
Day 7/8 (Saturday/Sunday June 13th/14th): Nicky comes over to Bev’s very early. Peter does some Latin practice and notices how quiet the Folly feels after-hours now.
Day 10 (Tuesday June 16th): Michelle Obama visits London, diverting Guleed and Nightingale’s attention. Lesley shows up at foundry while Peter is there and he doesn’t have Frank Caffrey shoot her. They destroy the bell.
Day 11-13 (Wednesday-Friday, June 17th-19th): Peter reads the terrible movie script, gets back Postmartin’s notes on it, and talks to Kim Reynolds again.
Day 14-15 (Saturday/Sunday, June 20th/21st): Peter travels with Beverley and Abigail to Father Thames’ Summer Court and spends the night there. On the Sunday he’s called back to London by Stephanopoulos to talk to Geneviève Nguyễn about the ritual sacrifice in the City.
Day 16 (Monday June 22nd): Peter and Nightingale interview Patrick Gale and talk about magic becoming public.
Day 20 (Friday June 26th:) Team meeting
Day 21-26 (Saturday-Thursday June 27th-Jul 2nd): They’re called to the MOLA at 3 in the morning over an attempted break-in; Peter takes notes and does follow-up.
Day 27 (Friday July 3rd): Peter follows Zach to Lesley’s apartment
Day 28 (Saturday July 4th): Peter goes back to Folly, sleeps for some of the day, and interviews Zach in the afternoon.
Day 29 (Sunday July 5th): Peter consults Nightingale about sources of information on Punch and talks to Sir William via Lady Ty. He ends up in A&E, and walks back to Folly after midnight.
Day 30 (Monday July 6th): A ‘tea committee’ meeting is held, and Peter goes to restatement Camilla Turner the archaeologist.
Day 31 (Tuesday July 7th): Peter goes through Turner’s emails and visits the Paternoster Society’s meeting place.
Day 32 (Wednesday July 8th): Peter and Bev have dinner with Isis and Oxley, who are in town for the opera. Peter is given a prophecy.
Day 33 (Thursday July 9th): Lesley calls Peter to warn him a River is being kidnapped. Walbrook is rescued from Chorley and his tinned vampire in an epic car chase.
Day 34 (Friday July 10th): Peter goes to another meeting, takes his mum shopping, and has a haircut. Bev and he stay over at his parents’ place.
Day 35/36 (Saturday/Sunday July 11th/12th): Peter takes the weekend off, by order, and helps Maksim do some planting on Wimbledon Common.
Day 37 (Monday July 13th): David Carey goes on medical leave. Lesley calls Peter and they meet at a pub. He leaves and gets into a police car. It’s Lesley, and she kidnaps him.
Day 38-45 (Tuesday July 14th - Tuesday July 21st): Peter has Fun Torture Time with Lesley and Chorley and spends a week in an oubliette with Foxglove. By Sunday he’s made friends with her, and on the second Tuesday she tells him her story.
Day 46 (Wednesday July 22nd): Chorley and Lesley visit and Peter hears bell noises and swearing. That evening, Foxglove releases him from durance vile and he reunites with Bev at the Folly.
Day 47 (Thursday July 23rd): Peter and Abigail talk to foxes; Molly is absent.
Day 48 (Friday July 24th): Peter and his mum cook for everybody at the Folly; that night, he and Nightingale see Foxglove and Molly dancing.
Day 49 (Saturday July 25th): All hell breaks loose; Lesley shoots Stephanopoulos (in the leg) and Chorley ‘dies’ in a van crash.
Day 50 (Sunday July 26th): Nightingale goes to Glastonbury and Guleed to the Midlands. Peter goes to visit Punch and makes Caffrey and Beverley worried he’s suicidal. That night, he confronts Chorley and Lesley at Covent Garden and Lesley shoots Chorley (in the head).
Late July: Peter is suspended while Chorley’s death is investigated. He’s told it will be for months.
August: Nightingale begins a school for amateur practitioners; Foxglove is established at the Folly; Peter and Bev go on a double date with Sahra and Michael.
Late August: Beverley tells Peter she’s pregnant. By inference, she’s due sometime between February and April 2016 (depending on how far along she is when she tells Peter).