London Falling

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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. Free Read [ London Falling ] author [ Paul Cornell ] – kino-fada.fr FIVE THINGS ABOUT LONDON FALLINGWhat a splendid and fun supernatural procedural I read it in its entirety on a cross country flight, while a weary mother s dictatorial three year old loudly terrorized my entire seating section from the seat beside mine Even with a strange child s feet flailing in my lap and a strange child s popcorn arcing over my field of vision and a strang...so here is where i have to do that thing that i hate to do which is admit when i am wrong i rather boldly declared, after reading Carniepunk, that it made me discover that i was not a fan of the urban fantasy paranormal romance genre.so, oops.because while this is assuredly not paranormal romance, it is definitely urban fanta...From my blog at sought out London Falling as it was recommended by Ben Aaronovich, who writes my very favorite Peter Grant books But this didn t quite work.The coming together of an investigative team Police procedural Thriller Serial killers All ingredients that sound appealing I m betting the juxtaposition here won t work for most Personally, I don t lean too far into thriller territory, but there are some exceptions This isn t one.Cornell has From my blog at sought out London Falling as it was recommended by Ben Aaronovich, who writes my very favorite Pete...This series was recommended to me and I was told that the first book takes a while to get into but otherwise it s great I actually loved it from the start Interesting characters story, great pacing Loved itI chose this novel to read to fill the Fall into a Good Book square of my 2016 Halloween Book Bingo card I d been wanting to read it for a while, since it was recommended by none other than Ben Aaronovitch, author of the Peter Grant series which I really like.And I can see some basic similarities Both authors obviously know love London city They also both see the city s potential for magical history But I find Aaronovitch s series to beoptimistic andplayful Cornell shows u I chose this novel to read to fill the Fall into a Good Book square of my 2016 Halloween Book Bingo card I d been wanting to read it for a while, since it was recommended by none other than Ben Aaronovitch, author of the Peter Grant series which I really like.And I can see some basic similarities Both authors obviously know love London city They also both see the city s potential for magical history But I find Aaronovitch s series to beoptimistic andplayful Cornell shows us a much darker, grittier, andthreatening magical system.I also felt like the whole book was set up, which may pay off in the second book For me, things didn t really snap into place until the very last chapters Up until that point, I could have walked away without finishing the book and had no regrets However, those last few pages have convinced me that I need to know where things go from here.As I approach the end of several other beloved series, I am experiencing anticipatory mourning, so it is good to have another good series queued up...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 suc 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 happen...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 makesense, 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 one o 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 makesense, and I found myself quite enjoying this I liked the characters they were a...Review originally posted at Kirkus You hear stories like that all your life and think cool, a ghost bus But now we have to look at this stuff analytically a ghost bus The ghost of a motor vehicle In London, Detective Inspector Quill is about to bring down drug lord Rob Toshack, the culmination of four years of painstaking work Toshack is arrested and taken into custody and when he is about to confess to all of his crimes, the unthinkable happens He dies It is a bloody, sudden death Review originally posted at Kirkus You hear stories like that all your life and think cool, a ghost bus But now we have to look at this stuff analytically a ghost bus The ghost of a motor vehicle In London, Detective Inspector Quill is about to bring down drug lord Rob Toshack, the culmination of four years of painstaking work Toshack is arrested and taken into custody and when he is about to confess to all of his crimes, the unthinkable happens He dies It is a bloody, sudden death that puzzles the detectives and doctors working the case There is something really weird happening here something that might explain how Toshack was able to always be ahead of the law.Co opting the help of undercover cops Costan and Sefton and of intelligence analyst Ross, Quill sets out to investigate the whys and hows of Toshack s death Soon enough, the team come across something that alters the way they perceive the world and they discover that London has a hidden, sinister side Worst of all, ...Pts first as always 3.5pts rounded upto 4pts as its a debut well the pluses outweigh the one or two niggles id say.If you dont want to read any further get wind of any plots spoils then I think anyone who likes London British culture, Crime, Supernatural, X Files will liken to this Think film Think American werewolf in London for style but without the wolves. As above the opening...Holy.Fucking.Shit.Like Hellblazer crossed with Peter Grant crossed with I dunno, all sorts of strange fantasms and philosophies It started badly in fact, for the first 20% I didn t like any of the characters, nor did I care about the plot But then it transitions from a normal undercover investigation of a London mob boss and becomes something weird and horrible and haunting By the end I was flat out cheering at bits, and chortling out loud, and gasping This story grabbed me by my brain and Holy.Fucking.Shit.Like Hellblazer crossed with Peter Grant crossed with I dunno, all sorts of strange fantasms and philosophies...

London Falling
  • English
  • 09 May 2018
  • Paperback
  • 432 pages
  • 0765368102
  • Paul Cornell
  • London Falling