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

'Heyer's characters and dialogue are an abiding delight to me ... I have seldom met people to whom I have taken so violent a fancy from the word "Go"'

'The wittiest of detective writers'

Death in the Stocks is that rare and refreshing thing - a clever problem stated, developed and finally solved in terms of character

Miss Heyer's characters act and speak with an ease that is as refreshing as it is rare in the ordinary mystery novel

First-rate thriller, with the imperturbable Reacher meting out his brand of justice to the villains

An unflinching suspense thriller . . . Blindsighted is a promising debut, and Karin Slaughter is a novelist to watch

Terrifying...rarely have the mechanics of suspense been so efficiently utilised outside a Hitchcock movie

Original, moving and entertaining for adults as well as for older children

A deservedly acclaimed read.

'Haddon's book is a peculiar thing - a kind of James Joyce for kids - but a genre-busting gem, nevertheless'

'Engaging, warm, humorous and poignant at the same time'

'This book is amazing . . . A must read'