The main surprise was the role of Neil Gaiman - whose cameo I had been aware of from an article. Our team have waded into tempestuous political waters as they finally get a case that needs their specialized expertise and dive into occult London. It's a post-Olympic, post Leverson, London that's still in the grip of riots, occupy, and the Anonymous group. The Severed Streets is the second urban fantasy by bestselling Doctor Who writer, Paul Cornell. And if they're not careful, they may be going with it. Relying on old-fashioned police work and improvising with their new skills only lands them in deeper water, and they soon realize that the investigation is going to hell - literally. As they try to get to grips with their abilities and a case that's spiralling out of control, Quill realizes that they have to understand more about this shadowy London, a world of underground meetings, bizarre and fantastical auctions, and objects that are 'get out of hell free' cards.īut the team's unlikely guide, a bestselling author, can't offer them much insight - and their other option, the Rat King, speaks only in riddles. Even with their abilities to see the supernatural, accepting that Jack the Ripper is back from the dead is a tough ask for Quill's team.
The bodies of rich, white men are found in circumstances similar to those that set the streets of London awash with fear during the late 1800s: the Whitechapel murders. Still coming to terms with their new-found second sight, they soon discover that what is invisible to others - the killer - is visible to them. The vicious murder of a well-known MP is like a match to tinder but Detective Inspector James Quill and his team know that it's not a run-of-the-mill homicide.
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