That we never quite learn the reasons behind his actions, is probably a good thing.įans of the TV show will know how it ends for Henry, but Cross serves up some truly sickening twists and surprises along the way. The passages told through Henry's point of view are starkly edited and incredibly powerful. His psychopath Henry is one of the scariest people to crawl off the page in years. With his hero liable to cross the line twice before breakfast, Cross is obliged to serve up a cast of villains so dark and twisted they make Hannibal Lector and Buffalo Bill look like boy scouts. Luther will beat up suspects, set fire to their cars, dangle their pets over balconies whatever it takes to get results. "His heart is a furnace", Cross tells us - and shows us, again and again. Written as a prequel to the first series, it shows us how Luther became the man we met on television.ĭCI John Luther is a man in crisis. It's a novel written by the creator and sole writer of hit BBC drama, Luther. Review - Luther: The Calling by Neil Cross
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