"it is cleverly constructed..."

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

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

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

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

"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...."

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

"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..."

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

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

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

"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..."

" 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..."