"it is cleverly constructed..."

"Haunting and very dark, this is certainly worth the read..."

"a solid and well-constructed police procedural..."

"Full of twists... wrongfooting the increasingly uneasy reader at every turn...."

"It is a delight to dip into his sun-baked world..."

"his grip on the mechanics of storytelling is highly assured..."

"A veteran of the Spanish civil war is visited by the ghost of Franco in a deftly handled story of past trauma and deceit..."

"she skilfully adapts it to a contemporary British setting in which our obsessions with class and keeping up appearances are weaknesses ripe for exploitation...."

"Jackson follows her brilliantly unnerving Never Have I Ever with another battle of wits between a manipulative criminal and her victim. ..."

" Fitzek’s brainy thriller is always at risk of becoming impossible to take seriously..."

"Bradby’s blend of le Carré espionage yarn with Michael Dobbs political thriller is a nifty and appealing concoction..."

"Thomas’s new novel displays the same high energy as his debut, Firewatching...."

"This characteristically clever novel challenges assumptions and has a sophisticated take on sexual politics...."

"It’s a taut tale of secrets that won’t die..."

"it stands comparison with the early works of Sarah Waters and Barbara Vine...."

"Jane Casey constructs an intense, action-packed mystery out of emails, court documents and newspaper articles..."

"confirms Lea as a highly original and inventive writer..."

"This is natural history as police procedural; and life on Earth as the scene of a crime...."

"a page-turning read, but with functional writing and a predictable plot, it’s not really one to linger over..."

"deliciously sinister and obsessive, an immersive journey into a world where ballet is everything, with one hell of a twist...."

"Lighthearted, witty and effortlessly clever, just like its wonderful heroine..."

"a striking first novel, a chilling insight into an oppressive world, where bad thoughts and bad deeds ripple just below the surface..."

" Mir offers us a fascinating glimpse into a world rarely portrayed in fiction..."

"Flynn keeps the tension bubbling nicely..."

"an unusual and thoroughly enjoyable read..."

"Motel, money, murder, madness: it has all you need to keep you happy..."

"quietly compelling..."

"both an enjoyable read and an educational one..."