A topical thriller that hasn't had the attention it deserves

A typically taut tale of wrecked lives, family tragedy, historical quirks and moral consequences

A superbly plotted thriller with an astonishing but totally satisfying climax

Compelling... Satisfying, intelligent

It's a fine finale for the fretful policeman and it's hard not to feel you'll miss the old bugger

A penetrating examination of cause and effect... the characters are well drawn, the action bloodthirsty and the end satisfying

Goddard is a master of the sly double and triple cross

A compulsive read ... ingenious and deftly-handled

It is certainly the best novel I've read so far this year, and should mark Zeh as one of Europe's brightest younger novelists

Interesting and original novel

Clever and gripping

Every chapter is taut, suspenseful, almost Hitchcock-esque. Zeh's style is fluent but also elegantly sparse... An absolute gem of a book.

From every angle - character study, philosophical discussion or straightforward plot - it shines with crystalline intensity, and so far as one can tell, nothing is lost in the translation. Complex and supremely elegant, this is a book to relish

This is a book and a half