London Falling

Detective Inspector James Quill is closing in on the biggest bust of his career when his prime suspect, gangster Rob Toshack, dies in police custody under impossible circumstances. Investigating alongside intelligence analyst Lisa Ross and undercover officers Costain and Sefton, Quill's team stumbles onto a cursed artifact that opens their eyes — literally — to the supernatural creatures haunting London's streets, entangling football lore, a vengeful Tudor-era witch, and a string of ritual child sacrifices. The first novel in Paul Cornell's Shadow Police series.