'We had better start ranking Heyer alongside such incomparable whodunit authors as Christie, Marsh, Tey and Allingham'

'Rarely have we seen humour and mystery so perfectly blended'

'Sharp, clear and witty'

'Heyer's characters and dialogue are an abiding delight to me ... I have seldom met people to whom I have taken so violent a fancy from the word "Go"'

'The wittiest of detective writers'

Death in the Stocks is that rare and refreshing thing - a clever problem stated, developed and finally solved in terms of character

Miss Heyer's characters act and speak with an ease that is as refreshing as it is rare in the ordinary mystery novel