One of her masterpieces.

A contemporary Patricia Highsmith, her offbeat obsession with the psychology of the criminal mind, and the human cost of criminal activity, pays off handsomely yet again

It is a sign of Fossum's sophistication that the reader comes to empathise with the teenaged tormentor - a deliberate ploy which makes the double-twist ending all the more shocking

Fossum's Norway is an apposite setting for a long dark night of the soul

With a focus on characters and the impacts of crime, Fossum’s psychological thrillers will appeal, in particular, to fans of Anne Holt and Henning Mankell

A truly great writer

I always eagerly await a new novel from Karin Fossum

Suspenseful, penetrating, clever and thoroughly enjoyable

Adrenaline-fuelled adventure... He knows exactly how to press all the buttons... yet another awesome performance

Reacher is vengeance personified, a walking, fighting revenge fantasy... what he normally chooses to do is right wrongs and defend the weak against the forces of oppression... Characteristically, Child drives the plot like a rally car, a hair-raising ride careering down the route a break-neck speed... Lee Child's loyal fans know only too well that those who enter his Reacher tales have no reason to abandon hope. Quite the opposite and Worth Dying For is no exception

It looked like Lee Child cheekily killed off the seemingly unstoppable Jack Reacher in his last book - but no. Reacher is battered but upright- still the thinking man's action hero, supreme butt-kicker and smartest guy in the room... [another] hell-for-leather story

A model of suspenseful storytelling and an outstanding addition to a series that stands in the front rank of modern thrillers

Child's gift for pacing makes it almost impossible to start one of his novels without finishing. Worth Dying For is grade-A escapism

Child presses all the buttons... Another awesome performance

Brings a shock of moral horror that is unprecedented in Reacher novels

Utterly compelling... one of Child's best. He keeps up the lightning pace, great writing and punchy one-liners throughout

A contender for top thriller of 2010

A turbo-charged page-flipper: you're on page 300 before you take a breath...Child is a master of distances, spaces and the physics of opposing forces