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"she harks back to 19th-century novelists like Charles Dickens and Victor Hugo..."

"Fans of crime thrillers will find plenty to enjoy here..."

"Sansom’s deep reading about the past, creatively processed, gives Shardlake’s adventures special historical value. ..."

"Sophie Hannah is one of this country’s most accomplished writers..."

"The knots Douglas-Home ties are so intricate and tight that you wonder if they can be unravelled...."

"offers a fantastical journey through the murkier crevices of Victorian London..."

"Together the Maigrets add up to a huge, utterly coherent inventory of lust, fear, greed, ambition, jealousy and long-hidden pain..."

"dark and funny tales reflect a changing political climate..."

"Pullman is a consummate and gifted storyteller and his narrative skill and linguistic dexterity are on full display here..."

"The narrative is clever and self-knowing..."

"One of the joys of reading Renko is seeing Russia through Smith’s eyes and Renko’s cases...."

"the best so far of an unmissable series..."

"Intensely human characters, a cracking storyline and vivid scene-setting make The Last Hunt one of Meyer’s best...."

" the attempts to modernise the series with subtle nods to modern popular culture are intriguing..."

"Through her powerful command of language, she eases the reader into her nightmarish fairytale..."

"wonderful twists and turns which single out Upson as a talented author of historical crime..."

"This is a spectacular debut...."

"Gripping, twisty and immensely satisfying, this confirms Blok’s talent...."

"Penny keeps the reader guessing who did what to the very end...."

"Lynne Truss is clearly having a great time — and so does the reader. There is a smile, giggle or guffaw on every page...."

"... atmospheric, clever, witty and amusing. If I were only allowed to read one crime series again it would be that of Donna Leon...."

"there is a surprising lack of narrative tension, the internal inconsistencies are confounding and we have guessed the denouement long before it arrives..."

"a brilliant change of pace..."

"keeps the reader guessing..."

"a highly original, electrifying read..."

"This lean, fast-paced action thriller has the feel of Taken set in the world of Sons of Anarchy...."

"Lucy Foley's gripping thriller stays chilling to the final page..."

"Bringing together four crime writers to write one thriller could be a disaster. But in the case of The Understudy, this quartet pull it off with aplomb..."

" the real pleasure in this slice of Scandi noir is the insight it gives into the strange cocktail of claustrophobia and remoteness that is life in Greenland..."

"This is an intense, oppressive debut, with its dark climax sudden and shocking in its plausibility..."

"Nicci French is back to what she does best..."