Then She Was Gone was my favourite thriller last year and this is even better. Brilliantly plotted and impossible to put down, it kept me guessing until the very end.

A finely drawn domestic thriller

Page one intrigued me. Page three hooked me. By page five, I was consumed. This compulsive, propulsive novel is both a seize-you-by-the-throat thriller and a genuinely moving family drama. Stellar.

I’ve always been jealous of her. I’ve always envied her ability to write a sentence.
She’s written a couple of psychological thrillers and her plotting is really great but her characterisation is great as well.

A strong, authentic and thoroughly likeable solicitor-protagonist, vivid setting and gripping storyline make for a terrific debut. I look forward to more from Catherine Kirwan!

I really enjoyed it...A great female protagonist, a timely plot and the promise of much more to come from this debut author.

The story is told at a propulsive rate, the legal details are persuasive and the dialogue is excellent.

A wonderfully assured debut

A pacey page-turner, full of twists

Her quest to expose Gill is dark and twisted, but the believability of the characters is undeniable. Powerful writing

A gripping and topical debut about chasing the truth and refusing to be silenced

A compelling debut novel

Darkest Truth is a very entertaining, confident and impressive debut with a very convincing main protagonist… It’s really wonderful to see Cork play such an important role in Catherine Kirwan’s writing, capturing the city in a very unique fashion… Darkest Truth is a very topical book focusing in on the current Me Too movement, mental health, grooming and abuse. Catherine Kirwan handles all these areas with great sensitivity, while also bringing us a novel that will have you eager to turn the pages, as you race to the finish.

It’s a great story

With fast action, a smart plot and Reacher's laconic wit - as ever, it's pure pleasure

The only question is whether it's a superior instalment in the series - and the answer is yes.

Lee Child is a very good writer who happens to compose thrillers. He is a first-rate stylist...every landscape, street scene, room and person passing through the story is observed in clean, precise declarative sentences whose elegant simplicity belies the tremendous skill it took to craft them.

If you haven’t read any Jack Reacher, you have a treat in store. He excels at the art of the putdown, followed by a punch. But he is as sensitive as Sherlock Holmes to telling details in the way people present themselves, and to nuances of behaviour that lead him through mazes of lies to the truth...a hitchhiker without a phone, a one-man force for good.

I thoroughly enjoyed My Name is Anna from the outset, my attention was grabbed by the intriguing prologue and beautiful prose. Lizzy Barber manages to balance a compelling narrative with excellent attention to detail and exquisite descriptions.

A chillingly compulsive read

Tells the tale of the Icelandic witch trials

A tense, Iceland-set thriller

A gorgeous book about the power of stories that makes the landscape of Iceland as powerful a character as any of the humans

A haunting novel that delivers chills. THE GLASS WOMAN is charged with the dark energy of the Icelandic Sagas

Mystery and potential danger linger throughout, and with its dreamy prose THE GLASS WOMAN satisfies readers with the ways of an old world

A chilling and enthralling telling of the Icelandic witch trials. Not only beautifully drawn but poignant, evocative and fascinating. A haunting gothic tale'

A rare look at male witch trials, set in Iceland