Praise for Oscar de Muriel

Fun to read and a fast page-turner . . . love and murder - they go together like strawberries and cream

A hugely entertaining Victorian mystery

This is wonderful. A brilliant, moving, clever, lyrical book - I loved it. Oscar de Muriel is going to be a name to watch.

One of the best debuts so far this year - a brilliant mix of horror, history, and humour. Genuinely riveting with plenty of twists, this will keep you turning the pages. It's clever, occasionally frightening and superbly written ... Everything you need in a mystery thriller

This is a fast-paced, well-researched and thoroughly spellbinding read. The mismatched pair is as entertaining as Holmes and Watson at their best, and the supernatural element brings an entertaining twist

This is Victorian melodrama at its richest, darkest and most enticing

This entertaining novel combines melodrama with the unhappiness of life backstage

Rewarding and adrenalin-fuelled.

One cannot but rejoice at this reunion with Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole

Everything that others do, Jo Nesbo can do better... When it seems as though everything is about to be resolved in [The Thirst], most other writers would be satisfied with their work. With Jo Nesbo, the ride will still go on for 150 more pages

The Thirst combines the best of American and Nordic crime fiction... Harry Hole is a criminal investigator with a steady salary and civil servant status. But he's also made of mythological hero material

Gripping from the get-go, deliciously dark and expertly plotted, this is Nesbo at his brilliant best

Gory, disturbing, nightmare-inducing and terrific

Nesbo’s 11th Harry Hole novel is predictably excellent… It’s crime fiction as precision-tooled instrument of entertainment and on that level, it rocks

What distinguishes Jo Nesbo...is his wry sense of humour. He not only provides a super-complex plot with plenty of twists...but also skillfully continues the lives of the all-too-fallible characters we have grown to love and hate

This is a tense and scary tale. If you’re partial to bad dreams, don’t read this just before bed

The Thirst begins with the brutal killer sinking rusty metal teeth into a victim's neck, and with that gruesome murder, you'll want to sink your teeth into The Thirst and not let go

Nesbo does Nordic Noir like no one else and this is crime fiction at its finest… It’s gory, gritty and compulsive reading, with a truly take-your-breath away ending

Why do Scottish writers dominate British crime fiction? With Denise Mina at least, the answer is pure class

Remarkable… It often seems as if Mina has freed herself from most of the strictures of the thriller format in order to explore altogether more literary territory. It is a pleasure to accompany her. The writing is frequently arresting

Charismatic, grimy masterpiece

Bleak and atmospheric

A suspenseful journey into the past with the notorious 1950s serial killer Peter Manuel, it’s a brilliant, unsettling read

The book left me with vivid images of the deprived city at that time, as well as the villains, thugs, police and normal people with opposing religious views. There is a real undercurrent of evil throughout the book from start to finish. It is a fascinating way to tell a horrific tale and although uncomfortable and tragic for all the families’ loss, it shows the monster for what he is

This unsettling, uncomfortable and compulsively readable take on justice and retribution is the real deal

If, while wishing, Ian Brady or Charles Manson a sincere good riddance, you found yourself wondering what it would be like to experience their sulphurous charisma in person, Mina’s version of Manuel is probably the closest you can get. When I finished it I wanted simultaneously to burn it and to buy copies for everybody I know

The ever-reliable Mina deserves all the awards she has already won for this, her latest novel…. Absorbing and filled with insights, this is a bravura performance, a true original

A superb recreation of a Glasgow serial murder trial (and risk of miscarriage of justice) in 1958.

When I finished it I simultaneously wanted to burn it and to buy copies for everyone I know.

The Long Drop neither excuses the ghastly Manuel nor does it soft-soap the police and their ulterior motives, it does not sanctify the victims nor does it shy away from its own gruesome fascination with gruesome fascination.

This is an absolutely compelling read.

Staggering in scope and execution.

Mina's insight into the wellsprings of violence is terrifyingly acute and her eye for period detail is unsurpassed. A bravura reimagining of 1950s Glasgow

Mina’s recent novel The Long Drop…is her most interesting work

An atmospheric recreation of a vanished Glasgow…and a compelling exploration of the warped criminal mind. A Mina masterpiece

One of the most exciting writers to have emerged in Britain for years.

One of the most fiercely intelligent of crime writers