Rendell’s psychological insights are so absorbing, it’s easy to forget what a superb plotter she is

The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time

One of the greatest novelists presently at work in our language... A writer whose work should be read by anyone who either enjoys a brilliant mystery – or distinguished literature

Wallander is among the very best fictional crimebusters

A no-holds-barred thriller that thrusts the reader into the black soul of the killer ... those with a taste for Thomas Harris will look forward to the sure-to-follow sequel

Be prepared to stay up all night

A specialist in serial killer tales ... a wonderfully evocative writer

Razor-sharp plotting with a powerful narrative ... thrills to its very satisfying end

Savvy and sharp ... as well-written a thriller as The Silence of the Lambs ... A winner

With this novel, Montanari's reputation is set in stone - or written in blood - alongside the likes of Connelly, Slaughter and Ellroy

One of the genre's most enduring heroes. Tough, solitary, righteous and incorruptible, [Reacher] harks back to another great fictional detective, Philip Marlowe.

A new Jack Reacher novel arrives as the year's first red-hot beach book...the success of these books rests partly on the big, hulking shoulders of their charismatic hero...one of the most enduring action heroes on the American landscape.

This haunting, stand-alone novel is a subtler work than Child's previous output and offers a sensitively handled romantic sub-plot to boot.

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