10,402 book reviews and counting...

"One can appreciate the novel for its quiet humour and compassionate consideration of the everyday, unfashionable and unloved..."

"a Schrödinger’s drama in which the action spirals out from an enormous maybe, resulting in a paranoia-filled page-turner..."

"Rhodes writes beautifully crafted psychological thrillers..."

"demonstrates a broadening out of his ambition..."

"The reverse storytelling here is dispatched adroitly..."

"compelling tale of London property noir..."

"Jeffery Deaver mines new territory in The Goodbye Man..."

"Is Stephen King a horror writer or a crime writer these days?..."

"Rumours of the death of Scandicrime are greatly exaggerated, as The Creak on the Stairs by Eva Bjorg Ægisdottir proves..."

"a peerless exercise in suspense..."

"With its bravura picture of a wrecked economy and swingeing death toll, Camino Winds has come to seem all too prescient..."

"Combining fast-paced plotting with Alagiah’s deep knowledge of the region..."

"... very readable; the plot races along, with plenty of surprises and red herrings...."

"the kind of thriller that contains so many good plot devices you worry that the author might have emptied their imagination store..."

"a messy rehash of Briscoe’s other tales of upper-middle-class crisis..."

"A thought-provoking thriller..."

"A dramatic and intense psychological read..."

"a truly creepy tale of jealousy and obsession..."

"A must for any crime lovers..."

"...one of the more preposterous Secret History facsimiles..."

"This emotional thriller is a serious page-turner...."

"The pacing of the development is perfectly right..."

"a gripping and affecting read..."

"a twisty, small-scale thriller that is immensely entertaining..."

"It’s like a cross between James Bond and Jack Reacher..."

"an insightful peek into the state of the intelligence world, but also aspects of the modern-day American psyche..."

"Johnston manages to make the world of “runtime executables” and “rootkits” thrilling — no mean feat..."

"this transports you back in time..."

"hard-hitting and perfectly paced..."

"Shocking..."

"It’s all highly entertaining, if occasionally preposterous...."

"This is fine writing and a compelling story...."