Donna Leon has established Commissario Guido Brunetti as one of the most engaging of fictional detectives ... Brunetti is ... back on track, sadder perhaps, but wiser and wittier than ever

A splendid series ... with a backdrop of the city so vivid you can smell it

One of the most exquisite and subtle detective series ever

No one knows the labyrinthine world of Venice . . . like Leon's Brunetti

[Brunetti's] humane police work is disarming, and his ambles through the city are a delight

The sophisticated but still moral Brunetti, with his love of food and his loving family, proves a worthy custodian of timeless values and verities

A masterly tale ... intriguing, fast-moving, and beautifully crafted

Donna Leon can paralyse the reader with a joyful suspense, lost in the environs of Venice and hopelessly in love with her central character and his wife

Hugely impressive and compelling

Look out for The Scarlet Papers . . . Engrossing

Magnificent

Smart, slick and totally gripping . . . The Scarlet Papers is always credible, always startling and almost painfully human. A total triumph

A masterpiece

Grand in scope and packed with fascinating insights

An extraordinary novel

Addictive, original and outrageously entertaining . . . Matthew Richardson proves himself a writer of huge talent and skill

An epic read!

Sprawling, ambitious, inspired by real events

Superbly constructed and written with flair ... this might be the best spy novel of the year

Superbly constructed in an elaborate twisty spy yarn. It's highly unlikely that there will be a better espionage novel this year

The Cold War is given a new twist ... Impressive, superior spy stuff

Intricate and fast moving, it weaves a thrilling spell

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy meets James Bond

With beautifully written prose and razor-sharp insight, Katie Gutierrez draws us into More Than You'll Ever Know's gripping and complex world. Even as the dual storylines left me breathless, I found myself more captivated by Gutierrez's intimate and compassionate portrayal of these women, their men, and the many secrets they kept. Passionate, supremely intelligent, and thrilling

A complex portrait of marriage and desire, a thought-provoking exploration of motherhood, and a fascinating look at our collective obsession with true crime . . . Combining domestic drama, crime, slow-burn psychological mystery and a touch of historical fiction, More Than You'll Ever Know is a true page-turner

Enthralling and beautifully written

An evocative drama . . . This masterful work of literary suspense marks the debut of an extraordinary new writer

Suspenseful, seductive, gorgeously written

An intriguing story of complex characters and their long-buried secrets

A must-read for true crime lovers

'I can hear the book club discussions now... undeniably powerful'

Infuses the summer mystery genre with some serious ideas about our obsession with crime stories and our sense of women's identities.

The twists keep coming as the action rockets back and forth in time exposing the terrible truth that binds the friends together and eventually wrenches them apart.

Mara is truly gifted at this kind of story, and this is a proper page-turner, with several cliff hangers and plenty of red herrings. As the action progresses, the pace intensifies to a pulse-rising intensity . . . A most satisfying thriller.