Sure to have the reader unable to leave the armchair until every page has been turned. A fantastically engaging read

Goddard writes and plots with accurate, correct precision; you feel he knows every setting and was witness to every scene

Fast-paced and full of twists, it's an involving page-turner

Robert Goddard is the master of mystery, and in his latest novel he proves just how good he is at getting a reader hooked... This is Goddard at his best and will keep his legions of fans happy and eager for more

This is pulse-racing stuff, delivered with all the panache that we have come to expect from Goddard

This seasoned thriller-writer pulls no punches as he entices us into an aristocratic intrigue

This is Rendell on cracking form, with the entire accoutrements one expects from her

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

Psychologically acute and extremely disturbing, Ruth Rendell's work is outstanding.

It's not often you pick up a book where the plot is technically perfect, where the characters all come off the page perfectly formed and the writing is so good that it's impossible to spot an unnecessary word, but which still managed to be a damn good story. I was still reading at 2 o'clock this morning...

Patterson knows where our deepest fears are Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination.buried... there's no stopping his imagination.

Patterson is in a class by himself.

Sharp, sassy and guaranteed to send shivers down your spine, this is a tense thriller

Cross is one of the best and most likeable characters in the modern thriller.