A review by canadian_booknerd
The Calling by Neil Cross

3.0

I wish you could give half-stars because I am somewhere between a three and a four with this one. I didn't know going into this that this book was based on a BBC drama series of the same name. It is intriguing to me to see a character go in that direction instead of the other way. This book was a dark trip into the life of a homicide dectective who's life is beginning to crumble. I found it to be darker that a lot of this genre probably because of all the other issues being dealt with by the main character. I did like that even though this is the first Luther novel, the characters were so well developed. There was an accepted history there that you don't often see in first of a series books. Even though this is a stand-alone novel I can see it leading to more books focused on Luther.