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| Title | : | London Falling (Shadow Police #1) |
| Author | : | Paul Cornell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | February 25th 2014 by Tor Fantasy (first published December 6th 2012) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Urban Fantasy. Mystery. Horror. Fiction. Crime. Paranormal |
Paul Cornell
Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 3.76 | 6924 Users | 862 Reviews
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The dark is rising ...Detective Inspector James Quill is about to complete the drugs bust of his career. Then his prize suspect Rob Toshack is murdered in custody. Furious, Quill pursues the investigation, co-opting intelligence analyst Lisa Ross and undercover cops Costain and Sefton. But nothing about Toshack's murder is normal. Toshack had struck a bargain with a vindictive entity, whose occult powers kept Toshack one step ahead of the law -- until his luck ran out. Now, the team must find a 'suspect' who can bend space and time and alter memory itself. And they will kill again.As the group starts to see London's sinister magic for themselves, they have two choices: panic or use their new abilities. Then they must hunt a terrifying supernatural force the only way they know how: using police methods, equipment and tactics. But they must all learn the rules of this new game - and quickly. More than their lives will depend on it.
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| Original Title: | London Falling |
| ISBN: | 0765368102 (ISBN13: 9780765368102) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Shadow Police #1 |
| Characters: | Kevin Sefton, James Quill, Anthony Costain, Lisa Ross, Mora Losley, Rob Toshack |
| Setting: | London, England,2012(United Kingdom) |
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Ratings: 3.76 From 6924 Users | 862 ReviewsCommentary About Books London Falling (Shadow Police #1)
Well... this was a very promising series opener. I wasn't sure what to expect going in to this one, you know, because of that whole "not reading descriptions" thing I do. So the beginning threw me right off and I was confused as all hell for probably the first quarter of the book. But then things started to make more sense, and I found myself quite enjoying this. I liked the characters - they were all pretty well drawn and realistic, and I felt that I was starting to get a feel of who each oneI am about to write a review the like of which I have never written on this site or anywhere else for that matter. I'm going to gush. The reason for this is that all my favorite books have been read for the first time a long, long time ago and I've forgotten what it really means to experience a favorite book for the first time. I have now remembered while reading the London Falling.If I could have given this book 10 stars, I would have.It's not a book you can read in a couple of hours. If you
Although I know there's a genre called urban fantasy/paranormal/supernatural, I haven't dipped my toes into it beyond a few examples that bleed over into the detective genre. As it happens, both of those were also first books in London-set series: Ben Aaronovich "Rivers of London" series (Midnight Riot / Rivers of London, Moon Over Soho, Whispers Underground) and Christopher Fowler's Bryant and May series (Full Dark House, The Water Room, Seventy-Seven Clocks, etc.). The premise of those two
This is probably one of the best new books I have read in a while.DS Anthony Costain and DC Kevin Sefton are undercover cops, DI James Quill is their boss, with them is Lisa Ross, police civilian intelligence analyst. They are working an operation designed to bring down gang leader Rob Toshack. All goes wrong when Toshack is murdered in the interrogation room by an invisible assailant, in front of Quill and other police witnesses. Suddenly the London Met's finest are dealing with something they
Urban Fantasy is one of those murky sub-genres that can mean different things to different people. If I was to tell you that this was a story set in London in which several police officers investigate a supernatural serial killer I would be describing the book, but I really wouldn't be telling you what you're going to get.This is not _Harry Dresden_ or _Rivers of London._ What Paul Cornell gives us is something much, much darker. This is a serial killer who happens to be supernatural. And as
It took me forever to get into this book. If it had not been a book I committed to review, I would have DNF'd it. Finally, I reached a breakthrough and I was able to finish it. It turned out to be good, but I feel the writing needed more work to be more accessible. I love British just about anything, but I think some of the Britishness of this book didn't translate very well on paper.A dark, twisted, and at times, incomprehensible urban fantasy novel.Reviewed for Bitten by Books:
Book Info: Genre: Dark Urban Fantasy/Police ProceduralReading Level: AdultRecommended for: Fans of police procedurals, dark urban fantasy, noirish storiesBook Available: April 16, 2013 in Hardcover and e-book; previously released in December 2012 in paperback, which edition is no longer available Trigger Warnings: Drug dealing, use and abuse; murder (including children); organized crimeAnimal Abuse: Sacrifice of pigs, cats, and dogs; while Mora's cat is just a construct made from a dead cat, it
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