"Anthony Quinn’s latest period novel extends his richly pleasurable and loosely connected series portraying London down the decades..."

"a bold, interesting novel..."

"an insightful study into a period of history often overlooked in fiction..."

"Bear is a bizarre but strangely uplifting book about a woman’s quest for freedom..."

"melancholy, tender, comic..."

"explores the optimistic and pessimistic implications of life’s persistence..."

"sharply funny and astute..."

"a gentle, hopeful story..."

"yes, it’s fun, but it’s not substantial. Still, perhaps that’s enough..."

"candid and darkly funny..."

"My advice: buy the short stories and then buy this book and read them back-to-back...."

"In this coming-of-age story set in a near-future England, a teenager discovers life’s possibilities as climate chaos intensifies..."

"Samson’s novel is sharply observant of the personal price paid by the island’s female muses..."

"a tense, pacy read..."

"her pacy thriller is a persuasive account of the terrible cost of living a double life..."

"Flynn keeps the tension bubbling nicely..."

"an unusual and thoroughly enjoyable read..."

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

"Beautifully written and very moving..."

"is a work in the great Scottish gothic tradition..."

"one of the most captivating and distinctive voices in contemporary Irish writing..."

"If not a standing ovation, certainly a curtain call and bouquets all round..."

"A very welcome rediscovery..."

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

"The Old Enemy has an old-style, mid-Atlantic feel to it but it is no less gripping for that..."

"a distinctly more thought-provoking novel than is customary in the genre..."

"quietly compelling..."

"Louise Kennedy is a very major talent..."

"Benjamin Myers’s multifaceted short stories grapple with the nature of masculinity..."

"an insider critique of masculine bravado...."

"To be charitable, we might put all this down to the late-career trailing off of a much-loved storyteller...."

"The Egyptian writer’s fictional reworking of the failed 2011 uprising is a blistering examination of corruption and dissent..."

"a celebration of multiculturalism and friendship, and a rallying cry to make the world a better, kinder place..."