A fine piece of storytelling. It is a neat, compact, slow-burning tale with just the right amount of twisting and turning and misdirection. Divided loyalties, uncertain motives, Russian agents, bureaucratic infighting, jaded spies, tatty offices - all of the things you want and expect from a high-quality le Carré thriller are here

A very classy entertainment about political ideals and deception . . . laced with fury at the senseless vandalism of Brexit and of Trump. Le Carré is the master of the spy genre.

Le Carré delivers a tale for our times, replete with the classic seasoning of betrayal, secret state shenanigans and sad-eyed human frailty, all baked into an oven-hot contemporary thriller . . . Agent Running in the Field is right on the money, in psychology as much as politics, a demonstration of the British spy thriller at its unputdownable best

As ingeniously structured as any of le Carré's fiction, skilfully misdirecting the reader for much of the time

A masterpiece

Master of the game

Le Carré's troubled new protagonist is developed with the author's customary skill . . . an impeccable piece of writing

No other writer has charted - pitilessly for politicians but thrillingly for readers - the public and secret histories of his times

The master is back on form in this tale of Russian subterfuge and a middle-aged spy 's suspicious badminton partner

A rich, beautifully written book studded with surprises. Narrative is a black art, and Le Carré is its grandmaster

The master espionage novelist takes on Brexit and Trump in this tense and chilling portrait of today

Wonderful . . . sophisticated entertainment from an author who, at 88, remains sharper than most of us

John le Carré is as recognisable a writer as Dickens or Austen

A bang-up-to-date investigation of some of the big issues of our time

Le Carré demonstrates once again his sublime elegance as a writer, and his delicate touch when portraying human failings in the shadowy world of espionage . . . subtle, wry and seamless, it's an utter joy, from first page to last

A literary master for a generation

Blisteringly contemporary . . . Each new book from le Carré is refreshingly different and uniquely compelling

One of those writers who will be read a century from now

Astute state-of-the-nation commentary

Classic, unmistakeable le Carré . . . it has the added bonus of some wonderfully vitriolic rants

The master of the espionage novel returns with a perfectly nuanced story of a spy on the scrapheap at the age of 47 and uncertain who to trust in the world of Brexit and divided loyalties

A rollercoaster of tension and suspense

'There's something about Lisa Jewell's thrillers that forces me to sit down and read them in one go, and her latest [...] is no different. I think she's one of the best domestic thriller authors out there, and I love how intensely current the themes of Invisible Girl are'

An enthrallingly layered literary mystery

A brilliantly conceived novel . . . "I didn't see that coming", you'll say

Ingenious . . . perfect for fans of Agatha Christie

A clever read

[An] impressive evocation of the golden age of crime fiction

A novel with a formidable emotional pull

C.J. Tudor is mastering the suspense/horror genre . . . It's quietly disconcerting, completely relatable and shows you that humans have a wonderfully dark side

Kidnap mystery and horror suspense all rolled into one as a man is haunted by his abduction of his daughter while the woman who knows what happened is on the run for her life

Praise for C. J. Tudor

CJ Tudor taps into those things that woke you up in the night when you were a kid and then stay with you when you're an adult

Britain's female Stephen King

Some writers have it, and some don't. C. J. Tudor has it big time

A dark star is born

An intense novel that gets right to the heart of what it means to love and grieve

Wonderfully gripping and doubt-inducing

Sisters echoes Brontë's Wuthering Heights not only in its gothic elements and sombre descriptions of English landscapes but also in the idea of doomed love, love which becomes an omnipotent, harmful power... Sisters is chilling and unrestful in a way many horror stories aren't, the world of the novel itself a disturbing and anxious place.

An absorbing tale of sibling love and envy.

It's hard to deny the uncanny thrill generated by Johnson's blend of horror, nature writing and magical realism... As dazzling as a photographer's flash.

Held me rapt until the very end

I didn't want to put it down

A beautiful and intriguing page-turner

Rich and atmospheric