Brilliant, funny, encompassing everything you ever wanted to know about practically everything (including numerology, James Bond's foes, and the construction of sewers), this book is both extraordinarily learned and well plotted.

Endlessly diverting... Even more intricate and absorbing than his international bestseller The Name of the Rose.

Brilliant... A novel that is deeper and richer than The Name of the Rose.

An intellectual adventure story, as sensational, thrilling, and packed with arcana as Raiders of the Lost Ark or The Count of Monte Cristo.

Umberto Eco is literature's great magician... He offers us many passages of brilliance, and treats us to a Shakespearean alternation of paroxysm and intimacy, madness and wisdom. There is something here for everyone. His genius affords his readers a selection of delights that will make their heads spin.

An assured debut novel that will have you turning the pages to discover the truth.

Don’t Stand So Close is a heady cocktail . . . Obsession, repression and delusion twist their tentacles throughout Luana Lewis’s riveting and remarkable debut.

An unflinching account of emotional damage and how hard it can be to uncover the truth

A thrilling read

A very dark book but a magnificent read

An intricate and sinister thriller, in which the truth is slowly and subtly revealed

Words to describe this wonderful thriller could be: gripping, sinister, realistic and very scary, as well as irresistible, compulsive and unputdownable... A perfect read on a dark evening,

A gripping thriller... Will leave even the most hardened of horror fans looking over their shoulders and checking that the door is locked!

Complex, ingenious and thrilling

a sinister and suspenseful read

ghastly, riveting tale.

Highly unsettling

A tantalising mystery

Captures sinister atmosphere brilliantly