Fascinating tales, sharply revealed characters, a fine narrative craft

He was a superb storyteller - one of the very best in our language - who wrote with a wordly, sardonic understanding of the human condition. Writing was his life; everything else was secondary to it

Probably the greatest living crime writer in the world

[Wexford] has become an old friend who gets better with age

Rendell has quite simply transformed the genre of crime writing. She displays her peerless skill in blending the mundane, commonplace aspects of life with the potent murky impulses of desire and greed, obsession and fear

Through the quality of her writing she's raised the game of the crime novel in this country

Rendell's mesmerising capacity to shock, chill and disturb is unmatched

Affectingly raw and full of surprises

Spikey, bleak stories you won't forget ... poignant stories, all of which stand immediate rereading

Her stories are suggestively musical examples of rich, Glaswegian gothic

At last, Galloway's stories are back in print in one collection...savagely accurate, engaging and funny, she is one of our great contemporary writers

A testament to the sharp eye and shrewd brain of Janice Galloway, one of Scotland's finest writers

A writer of passion and virtuosity