Cussler is hard to beat

Delivers what it promises

The Adventure King

A virtuoso display of page-turning talent

A masterpiece of misdirection.

Harris magnificently manages every minute thread of the story, and even makes us laugh along the way . . . exquisitely sinister. . . Part black comedy, part thriller, and totally enjoyable.

Tackles big subjects, including teacher-pupil romances, sexual assault, homophobia and murder.You'll love it if...you enjoyed The Girl on the Train so crave another intelligent thriller.

Deftly orchestrated and beautifully written tale of abuse, loyalty and regret.

Her real metier is psychological suspense, and her accomplished new book, Different Class, is a prime example of her skills in this area . . . Crime novel or literary novel? Categories really don’t matter; readers will find themselves comprehensively gripped.

A long way from Chocolat, Joanne Harris's reinvention as a writer of psychological thrillers continues apace...delivers it beautifully.

She does a nice line in witty, psychological thrillers set in the fictional Yorkshire village of Malbry....Excellent.

Compellingly suspenseful...both a splendidly dark comedy and a disturbing thriller
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A writer with a total command of the psychological thriller idiom...Different Class, subtle and allusive, is Joanne Harris at the top of her game.

Terrific twists pile up at a highly satisfying rate...you'll be hooked'.

Ms Harris was once a teacher and uses this experience to create a background of great depth and detail.

A cracking psychological thriller that drips with menace...tightly plotted and completely engrossing.

Joanne Harris is best-known for the France-set novel Chocolat,.But she does a nice line in witty psychological thrillers...Excellent.

The characterisation is always totally convincing....The denouement is exciting and totally surprising to the reader...a thrilling and unexpected ending.