7,488 book reviews and counting...

"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...."

"Cruz Smith at his best: ace storytelling with dry, laconic dialogue and a crumpled but courageous hero...."

" 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..."

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

"This is a spectacular debut...."

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

"... 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..."

"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...."

"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..."

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

"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..."

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

"While the plots of many Nordic noir writers are turning ever more grim, Finland’s Antti Tuomainen opts these days for a wittier, lighter touch..."

"Pullman nods to the refugee crisis and the state of democracy in his masterly second tale in the Book of Dust series..."

"this is a traditional mystery of the best sort..."

"Oates manages the tension and the profoundly eerie atmosphere with precision and economy. But it is the prose that lifts the spirit with its poetry...."