However, I made an exception for this one, because it's based on a BBC series, one I haven't seen actually, but still! The allure of British programming is irresistable to me! As such, I usually reject review requests for mysteries. They can be good, but they're all so similar in their plot arc, and I just don't feel compelled to read many. If you're a regular reader of this blog, you probably already know that mysteries just aren't really my thing. Originally posted on A Reader of Fictions. ‘Luther, who is intelligent and almost freakishly intuitive, thus belongs not only to the Sherlock Holmes tradition but also to the newer crime-fiction model elaborated by Thomas Harris in his novels Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal’ New York Times Cross is an amazing writer, capable of lyricism and pathos as well as some of the most traumatising scenes you're ever likely to experience in a mainstream crime novel’ Eurocrime Unapologetic, brutal and stunning – in the very real sense of that word. ‘This story shares the editing technique and visual power of the screen version. Cross has always dealt in darkness and been so adept at conjuring bogeymen from the catacombs of mythology that you start to see them everywhere’ Guardian However, if you’re not already a DCI Luther convert, it also serves as a good jumping off point into his tortured world' Shortlist, top 20 crime novels of the year 'Cross delivers a brooding piece of back-story for fans of the character inhabited by Idris Elba on screen.

‘Gripping, taut fiction by a new master in the genre’ Guillermo del Toro It is the story of the case that tore his personal and professional relationships apart and propelled him over the precipice.īeyond fury, beyond vengeance. The Calling takes us into Luther's past and into his mind. Sometimes it sends him to the brink of madness, making him do things he shouldn't things way beyond the limits of the law. Luther seethes with a hidden fury that at times he can barely control. And yet there are rumours that DCI Luther is bad – not corrupt, not on the take, but tormented. Nobody who ever stood at his side has a bad word to say about him.

He commands outstanding loyalty from friends and colleagues. He's dangerous.ĭCI John Luther has an extraordinary clearance rate.

He's brilliant he's intense he's instinctive. Meet DCI John Luther in the prequel to the epic series Luther, starring Golden Globe winner Idris Elba. ***Read where it all began before watching Luther: The Fallen Sun, now on Netflix***

The Calling by Neil Cross