When I reviewed this veteran Washington Post reporter's debut a year or so ago, I called him 'a fine new talent'. This, his second, utterly confirms that promise… Gripping from start to finish, it has a great line in snappy dialogue and a twist that puts Tucker in the finest Elmore Leonard tradition.

Explosive ... Murder, D.C. is another excellent offering from Neely Tucker; his style and characters are simply engrossing. Here there are even more liars to expose, more puzzles to solve and more interesting characters to enjoy.

Neely Tucker is that rare and wonderful being, an author who seems almost to be writing his own life story, such is his empathy with his main character. Sully lives and breathes. The style is as fractured as he is, the plot as edgy. This is a gritty novel, full of suspense and depth… Ladies and Gentlemen, this novel lives. Go along for the ride. It will be worth it.

His debut Ways of the Dead was a cracker, now the follow up fizzes with danger.

This second novel from a veteran newspaper reporter has remained lodged in my mind all year…Razor-sharp dialogue and a taste for delicate irony that would make Elmore Leonard envious.

There is much to relish, from its revival of the sexy spy (this time female) to its mischievous portrayal of Putin

As authentic a spy novel as you are ever apt to read, rendered in exciting prose by a master who helped craft the rules by which spying is conducted. A ten-cloak, ten-dagger read

Matthews is the insider's insider. He knows the secrets. And he is also a master storyteller

The world of a spy is unique and claustrophobic, but this bold tale captures its every nuance with expert precision. A tantalizing premise, and a heroine who's an alpha female, forge a solid piece of entertainment that does not disappoint

A sequel that's every bit as good as his début . . . Authentic tradecraft, a complex plot that steadily builds tension, and credible heroes and villains on both sides make this a standout

The tough and talented Egorova is a brilliant creation - her adventures make for a dazzling thrill-filled journey across the globe. Matthews spent 30 years as a CIA agent so this is the real deal. Thrilling, absorbing and brilliantly descriptive ... you won't fail to be won over

Egorova could well turn out to be the greatest ever female character in spy fiction

Jason is the first senior former CIA officer to become a successful thriller writer. The CIA considered Palace of Treason so realistic that it demanded Jason excise a quarter of it and jettison the ending. . . Egorova could well turn out to be the greatest ever female character in spy fiction

An intelligent and twisty thriller

A terrific novel with a brilliantly creepy central premise. One of the best debut thrillers I have ever read

Assured debut novel . . . strong and compelling portrait of two individuals who are forced to confront unpalatable, even unbearable, truths.

Fabulously gripping, I just could not put it down.

Tense and shocking, and full of twists and turns

A genuinely original debut novel, nail-bitingly tense and chilling

Renee Knight skilfully peels away the layers of her story to reveal a tale that is dark, deep and skin crawlingly sinister. I thought it was faultless, a masterclass in thriller writing.

I read Disclaimer in two sittings . . . It's that good. . . The premise is the star of the show but Knight's success lies in keeping her plot, characterisation and unpredictability up to that same standard.

A fine example of the genre . . . unbearably tense

An unsettling page-turner of The Girl on the Train variety that wil live on in readers' imaginations

A faultlessly constructed, page-turning debut, Disclaimer delivers its twists and surprises with ease. It is both clever and moving, and I'm full of admiration.

It's Disclaimer that turns out to be the Gone Girl of the season

An ingenious and involving tale and a very successful first novel

Fiendishly clever

Renee Knight's stunning debut is a thriller with a particularly literary flavour, but also with a heart. Best enjoyed slowly, with no skipping to the heart-wrenchign conclusion. Terrific.

A deeply probing, intense psychological thriller that was gripping and very difficult to put down

Disclaimer forms a trinity alongside Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train as the best of domestic noir . . . Disclaimer will be climbing the bestseller list

An original plot, well-paced to its unexpected climax

A highly assured debut novel with a cracking premise . . . a remarkable well written page turner

A superior piece of dark emotional fiction that will get under your skin.

Plunges us into our worst nightmare - somebody knows our darkest secret, and they're sharing it

A finely crafted puzzle box

A brilliant premise, superbly executed. I love this book

fantastic - was absolutely gripped. Great idea, could not put it down.

Disclaimer is a real one-nighter

It's knockout

The marvel of the new suspense novel “Disclaimer” is that it lives up to its unusually gripping premise.
Disclaimer forms a trinity alongside “Gone Girl” and the “The Girl on the Train” as the best of domestic noir. That this is a first novel from Renee Knight, a British television screenwriter, makes her sure hand with what’s sinister that much more stunning.

A sensational psychological thriller

excellent debut

This bestseller is definitely one of the best thrillers of 2015.

More original and sophisticated than your average psychological thriller, Renée Knight's DISCLAIMER is an accomplished and addictive tale.

[Eileenis] compulsively deviant and utterly delicious… I savoured every single word of it.