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A brilliant standalone novel hailed as �some of the best crime fiction to hit bookstores this year� (Hollywood Reporter) and a prequel to the hit BBC America TV show Luther, by the Edgar Award�winning creator and sole writer of the show. Is Luther a force for good or a man hell-bent on self-destruction? Meet Detective Chief Inspector John Luther. He�s a homicide detective with an extraordinary case-clearance rate. He�s obsessive, instinctive, and intense. Nobody who ever stood at his side has a bad word to say about him. And yet there are rumors that Luther is bad�not corrupt, but tormented. After years of chasing the most depraved criminals in London�s gritty underworld, he seethes with a hidden fury he can barely control, making him do things any other detective wouldn�t and shouldn�t do. Luther: The Calling is the story of the serial killer case that tore Luther�s personal and professional relationships apart and propelled him over the precipice�beyond fury, beyond vengeance, all the way to the other side of the law. Luther: The Calling, the first in a new series of novels featuring DCI John Luther, takes us into Luther�s past and into his mind. It is the story of the serial killer case that tore his personal and professional relationships apart and propelled him over the precipice�beyond fury, beyond vengeance, all the way to the other side of the law. Is Luther a force for good or a man hell-bent on self-destruction? Edgar Award�winning writer Neil Cross has created one of the most compelling characters in modern crime fiction. Luther: The Calling is a compulsively readable novel by the writer hailed by The Guardian as �Britain�s own Stephen King.�