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London Calling (Inspector Carlyle 1) [Kindle Edition]

James Craig (Author)
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The first in a new series featuring John Carlyle, a Metropolitan Police Inspector working out of the Charing Cross station in central London

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Can you win an election and cover up murder at the same time?

When Inspector John Carlyle finds a body in a luxury London hotel room he begins a journey through the murky world of the British ruling classes which leads all the way to the top.

In the middle of a General Election, a murderer is stalking the man poised to be the next Prime Minister. With power almost in his grasp, Edgar Carlton will not stand idly by while his birthright is threatened.

Operating in a world where right and wrong don't exist and the pursuit of power is everything, Carlyle has to find the killer before Carlton takes the law into his own hands.
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138 of 147 people found the following review helpful
London Calling 2 Jun 2011
By S Riaz TOP 50 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I started this book yesterday, to see what it was like, and found myself so gripped that I finished it in one day. Inspector Carlyle is based at Charing Cross station. When he is called to the murder of Ian Blake, the founder of a PR consultancy, he doesn't realise that the murder will involve him in the upcoming General Election and the Carlton twins - Edgar and Xavier. Edgar, currently Leader of the Opposition, is on track to the be the next Prime Minister - the son of Sir Sidney Carlton and a beautiful Kenyan model. Nicknamed "the Sun God", alongside Xavier, "the Dark Prince", he is aiming high and intends for nothing to get in the way of his bid for power.

Inspector Carlyle is a realistic and sympathetic character. A North London husband and father, I laughed at his wife's school worries for their daughter (being from North London I don't think there is another topic of conversation amongst mothers!) and his love of the Clash (hence the book title). However, Inspector Carlyle is seen amongst the police as 'not one of them'. Throughout the book we have flashbacks, beginning in 1984 when Carlyle was involved in the miner's strike and the Carlton brothers were just finishing at Cambridge. These give a sense of tension as we watch the main characters lives unfold and also a real sense of understanding about why events are happening, and why Carlyle is seen as 'not playing the game' and viewed with suspicion by some of the police force. It is in the events of the past that the reason for the murder of Ian Blake is to be found and, when Inspector Carlyle finds there has been a previous murder also linked to the one he is investigating, he finds himself on a very high profile case indeed.

I do not want to give away the plot of this excellent novel, but I hope it is merely the start of a very promising series. James Craig writes with great humour, his dialogue is realistic and funny and the plot exciting and fast moving. I would certainly buy the next book by this author and I really enjoyed this novel. Excellent start and a wonderful read.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Nasty 11 April 2012
By Cee
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I wish I had read all the recent reviews, instead of just the positive selection, and I wish I had sampled the 'look inside', before following Amazon's recommendation and buying this and another 'Carlyle' book. I also wish there was a 'nul points' star rating. And yes, I wish I hadn't spent 99p on it - it certainly wasn't worth it. I had expected, from the description, an intriguing police-detective novel; what I got was a quasi-pornographic jumble of multiple Points of View and mixed time-setting narrative, leaving me unsure whose thoughts/events I was following and where/when I was. Or why.

It is badly over-written, for a start. From the beginning the style is stilted and contrived, with so many sentences beginning with present-participle clauses it reads like a parody: casting the Kindle aside, she reached for the sick bucket; scanning through the pages, she found many sentences like this ... It gets worse. Then the over-detailed, blow-by-blow, thrust-by-coprophilic-thrust descriptions of the sex-murders sink beneath 'gritty' and descend into sadistic homosexual porn. I have no objection to this per se; I just don't want to read it myself when I've been promised a police-detective novel.

I tried to stick with it, but the prospect of 300-odd pages of this made me feel nauseous. After 70 pages I gave up, deleted both novels (anticipating that the second would be similar) from my Kindle, and seethed.

OK, it was only 99p - but I begrudge even that. Nasty stuff.
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48 of 53 people found the following review helpful
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London Calling had me laughing out loud. Inspector Carlyle is one of us, a normal law-abiding copper who on his journey up through the ranks rapidly discovers that his peers and superiors are not quite what we deserve. He lives a very normal London life whilst getting rid of the truly evil psychopaths who are on the verge of seizing power. It's just what we want from our anti-hero.

I enjoyed Carlyle as much for the back story and the nuances of police life as the the unfolding and deftly told story of posh people who abused their privileged position in life whilst at Cambridge University. The crime itself was shocking. Craig is not afraid to give us a depraved crime and a terrible victim in his first novel. And I found to my surprise that I had a certain sympathy with the unknown murderer as he/she/they bumped off the villians.

Carlyle was on the beat in the 1980's and found himself policing the miner's strike. Like me he loves the Clash and Neil Young - and hates bent coppers who abuse their position. It could have been written for me.

I'm not really into Crime thrillers, but I found this a gripping read. I recommend you give London Calling a go and see whether Carlyle, the anti-hero cop who does what is right not what's good for his career is for you.
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