With a glorious heroine and wicked humour, Brian Thompson lays bare the sexual shenanigans and hypocrisy of Victorian England.

A virtuoso performance. Deliciously readable, highly polished... Mr Amis has created a quicksilver narrative that grabs the reader and refuses to let go

Night Train pushes the boundaries of noir almost to the edge of darkness

A work of dark romanticism, a tale of possession... prose crackling with wit and invention

Compelling... Night Train is an entertaining take on the American detective novel, a potent cocktail of violence and stylized dialogue flavoured by an unexpected existential twist

Amis is arguably the greatest wordsmith living today, tossing of hundred-dollar words like spent matchsticks, with a scalding wit to go with it. Night Train is a tightly crafted and skilled work

Colossally cool . . . Captures the essence of Southern California itself: forecast sunny and clear, with an undertow of darkness

Winslow is a sensational writer

At a time when many successful crime and thriller writers produce a book a year, Don Winslow stands out. He is one of the best

If you've never read Don Winslow, start now

Don Winslow is the kind of cult writer who is so good you almost want to keep him to yourself

Patterson is in a class by himself.

[Patterson's] books don't pussyfoot around when it comes to the villains. These are bad, bad people ... with a lot of intrigue in high places.