A sweetly corrupt exploration of the childhood fantasy of running away... Myerson is a beautiful conjurer of subtly disturbing atmospheres...haunting

A mythical rite-of-passage novel... mysterious and multi-layered

Compulsively readable and richly inventive... bittersweet, authentic and loveable

Myerson is a surefooted guide along the wobbly line that separates the real from the surreal ... Myerson captures [adolescence] beautifully in Flynn's compelling voice. The opening of the novel is crisp and immediate, the prose simple and direct ...More than just a coming-of-age story, Out of Breath is a timely reminder about the importance of not growing up too quickly

A truly original read, transcending many of the usual boundaries found in fiction

Its playful, imaginative charge is constantly undercut by the subcutaneous presence of psychological damage and the darkness that emerges as innocence gives way to experience

A brilliant, deeply unsettling thriller which promises to be among the best reads of this year

A weird, beautiful scary slice of British magic realism

Myerson is a master of suggestion and builds up the suspense layer by layer

Fans of Julie Myerson will adore this, the latest edition to Myerson's very own sub-genre within the broader class of 'novels of the uncanny'

A beguiling story

A sinister, beguiling tale that brilliantly evokes a childhood world

Brilliant and nightmarish, this modern fairytale is beautifully written

Phantom will maintain Jo Nesbo’s unstoppable momentum.

The king of Nordic crime – and his haunted protagonist Harry Hole – returns with this tightly plotted thriller which pitches Hole deep into the murky underworld of Oslo’s heroin market.

Jo Nesbo is at the top of his game... The must-read thriller of 2012.

Phantom leaves us reeling, with a storyline and ending that hurts us almost as much as it hurts the protagonists... The twists and turns show Nesbo at his complicated, yet utterly accessible best, and Hole at his undeniably brilliant but self-destructive worst.

Jo Nesbo is a master of his craft. His latest novel, Phantom, is world-class crime writing. Phantom is a crime novel that pleases on every level.

Harry Hole is back only to find that the case he wants to investigate is already closed

Jo Nesbo has done it again with Phantom, his seventh gripping novel featuring Inspector Harry Hole... Tense and compulsive Phantom will have you jumping out of your seat

King of Scandinavian crime... A writer at the top of his game

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