The team's continued struggle to understand the dark and terrifying side of London is gripping. This book is a strong follow-up, a good standalone story, and an excellent read for fans of dark urban fantasy
Publishers Weekly on Severed Streets (Book Two)
Pacy, smart and revels in London mythology. It's especially clever in that our heroes don't stop ... Read morebeing coppers just because they now realize there are more things in heaven and earth (and elsewhere) than dreamt of in our philosophies. London Falling might not be on the Booker longlist, but crikey it's good fun
Scotland on Sunday on London Falling (Book One)
Realistic banter, original twists; a nifty debut
Daily Telegraph on London Falling (Book One)
Paul Cornell's London Falling is a much grittier vision of a gothic, fantasy London, well balanced between its depiction of the city's criminal underworld and a horrifying fantasy reality that for most of the novel lurks just at the edges of sight. Its take on the crime genre is less The Bill, more The Sweeney
Guardian on London Falling (Book One)
I think it is absolutely magnificent. I loved it . . . I'm not sure I've been that gripped by a novel in... well, decades
Russell T. Davies on London Falling (Book One)
An irresistible blend of guns, gangsters, cops and monsters that grabs you by the eyeballs and never lets go. Start this book early in the day people, because you ain't going to get no sleep until it's done
Ben Aaronovitch on London Falling (Book One)
The Shadow Police series is the quintessential British contemporary fantasy, full of grit and magic and wonderful things. Paul Cornell is a national treasure
Adam Christopher
More dazzling work from a master of every medium he tackles
Rob Doherty, Executive Producer of Elementary
There are very few people who should be allowed anywhere near those sacred words Sherlock Holmes , and Paul Cornell is one of the best
Steven Moffat
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