Important, topical and politically resonant

Combines passionate espousal of a cause with the machine-gun narration of a stand-up comic, peppered with good jokes and with the energetically managed, funny and violent action of a manic strip cartoon

The book is stuffed with funny lines and the lot is more gripping than any tyre advertisement

A terrific debut - in every sense.

High-octane US debut in the Karin Slaughter and Kathy Reichs tradition

an impressive first book by this exciting new author

One of the toughest, most gut-wrenching, and most believable suspense novels I've ever encountered. If David Levien pulled any punches, I was too dazed to notice

Excellent . . . I can't wait for more

A perfect modern "noir" tale

A writer who takes dead, calculated aim at our deepest fears

City of the Sun is all kinds of trouble. For one thing, it becomes really hard to break away to deal with the rest of the day. Then there's the recurring need to take deep, calming breaths throughout . . . a rare thriller where the outcome is genuinely in doubt

Frightfully realistic . . . a master character portrait . . . a nerve-jangling novel that places average people in extraordinary situations

Reacher fans will love it - it's all storming compounds, breaking hearts and not bothering to take names, taking justice into his own hands and to hell with the wos'name... a solid inter-Bond-film substitute