by Paul Cornell
I found "The Severed Streets" to be a surprisingly brutal book. It goes beyond the "Old Bill vs Old Nick on the West Ham Pitch" feel of the first book "London Falling" and crosses the boundary from Urban Fantasy to real Horror. It continues with the unconventional police unit, all of whom have bee...
Series: Shadow Police #2 We're back with James Quill and his team, police officers with the Sight, the thing that allows them to see supernatural stuff all over London. Paul Cornell has managed to create an interesting magical environment, where you gain power through various means of sacrifice or...
The policemen are getting further and further into the metaphysical and the consequences of previous events come to roost. There's murder happening and it looks like Jack the Ripper is back, this time against men.
This was a lot more coherent than the initial book, London Falling, but I don't think this book is very accessible to the average urban fantasy reader. There is still a heavy British vibe to the story, which is a good thing, for the most part. Cornell takes the reader and the characters to some dark...
This Cornell guy can write.I'm tempted to let that be all I say about this book. Won't be (because I can't help myself), but it's tempting. The other thing I'm tempted to do is copy and paste the first three paragraphs of my London Falling review to start this one -- I am a little annoyed to see tha...
Publication date: 22nd May 2014 from Pan Macmillan. Thank you SO much to the author and publisher for the netgalley review copy. Summer in London: a city in turmoil. The vicious murder of a well-known MP is like a match to tinder but Detective Inspector James Quill and his team know that it’s no...
Like London Falling, Severed Streets throws police procedural and supernatural horror elements into the blender. Fountains of blood spatter analysis, anyone? The start is less daunting and the magical gore is on screen considerably sooner. The police work tends more towards interrogation than inves...
I suppose we'll see if I have the patience to wait the FOUR MONTHS between UK and US releases.
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