Luther: The Calling: A Novel
Recommend this for the amazing force and power of the writing and the hell-for-leather plotting that together pull readers along whether they like it or not. They may not, at least if they don’t have the stomach for graphic violence. London police detective John Luther has the marks of the modern detective hero: he’s tormented by the suffering in the world and eager to pound the bloody daylights out of anyone who helps cause it. His off-duty life is a mess, mainly because his wife is cuckolding him. Meanwhile, back at the office, he and his colleagues are after a sicko who so wants a baby that he murders a young couple and tears the child out of the dead mother’s womb. As the hunt leads them through this slime pit, we witness still more unspeakable scenes. An old man is beaten by toughs. A little dog is killed when its spine is snapped. We’re complicit, then, when Luther visits punishment on these creeps. This may cross the line for some readers. Others will be cheering Luther on. --Don Crinklaw--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.