McNab is a terrific novelist. When it comes to thrills, he's Forsyth class

McNab's great asset is that the heart of his fiction is non-fiction: other thriller writers do their research, but he has actually been there

A deft, perceptive exploration of a fascinating neurological condition, and a cracking good thriller.

A terrific first novel - well-written, genuinely unsettling and psychologically very plausible. Thrillers seldom come much better than this. Loved it, read it in one

An exceptional thriller. It left my nerves jangling for hours after I finished the last page

So high-concept, so ambitious and so structurally brilliant. It's so rare to read a thriller that's perfect in every detail, but this one definitely qualifies!

A deeply unsettling debut that asks the most terrifying question - what do you have left when you lose yourself?

A truly amazing debut. The central character, Christine, is beautifully drawn. It's hard to imagine a more compelling, believable and sympathetic portrayal of a damaged human being. I loved it from start to finish.

Plenty of politics, high and low and the portrayal of college life and vicious, teeming with sycophants and thick with double dealing

Pears brings to life a vibrant 17th-century world...a tour de force

Crammed with period detail, it's as much a novel of ideas as it is of character