Terrific. The plotting is impeccable

Out of Time is a provocative, important and very thrilling novel. I loved it. I savoured the pages

A gripping, complex and heart-wrenching story that is as provocative as it is thrilling. Klass can weave a tale like few others

The terrific first novel by the prolific screenwriter David Klass . . . The plotting is impeccable

Top-notch thriller

This is a whale of a ride

Compelling cat-and mouse chase

Cleverly positions political and environmental issues alongside the need for change . . . completely fluid

Rich in insight, powerfully written, Out of Time by David Klass pits two brilliant foes against one another in a riveting chess game of suspense. One is an eco-extremist who bombs and kills, while the other is a young, unorthodox FBI man who goes rogue in a desperate attempt to stop him. From the first paragraph, you'll know you're in the hands of a master storyteller and embarking on an unforgettable adventure

Cleverly positions political and environmental issues alongside the need for change [...] an unpredictable ending

Exciting... The topic is timely, the pacing is pedal-to-the-metal

Pure genius - all the things you want to a crime novel to be, also hilarious. I love it

True Crime Story is phenomenal. One of the most original thrillers I've read in years, perhaps ever. A gritty, twisted murder mystery told in the unique style of a true crime account. I've rarely raced through a book so fast. I'm just gutted that it's probably ruined me for thrillers for a good long while! Absolutely remarkable.

WOW ! this is a work of outstanding and staggering genius! You always get beautiful prose and a crackling plot from Mr Knox. But this has extra madness. It's the most original book I've read in ages

The most exciting and original crime book you'll read this year

Dark, seedy, and not to be trusted, and that's just the character Joseph Knox, as written by Joseph Knox!This is a very clever book indeed. Fiction so convincingly written as true crime that I ended up Googling the victim just to check I hadn't got the wrong end of the stick.

Totally gripping, original, and white- hot suspenseful

An audacious idea, ingeniously executed

One of the most unafraid contemporary crime writers ... a genre defying complex construct of smoke and mirrors, this book is very, very clever.

A story that'll leave your head spinning and questioning just who gets to shape the narrative when a woman goes missing...

Ingenious...brilliantly original

Hugely ambitious

Inventive, playful and hugely enjoyable.

Supple and urgent - another slab of Knox brilliance

Knox has produced something extraordinary ... post-modern playfulness [embedded] in a rich and compelling plot that twists and turns until the final pages

Astonishing! So clever, so original! Highly recommended

This clever novel reads like a true crime story (at times you have to remind yourself it's fiction), which makes it all the more compelling

An ingenious thriller

A very stylish novel revealing not only the unreliability of witnesses, but also the voyeurism in much crime reporting, crime investigation, and yes, in those of us who enjoy crime fiction

Book of the year
True Crime Story by Joseph Knox, a provocative mix of real and fictional crime in which the author himself investigates the disappearance of a student named Zoe. But is she a real or fictional character? With a fragmentary narrative style, this is something new in the overcrowded crime genre

Joseph Knox cements his reputation as one of the best of the new guard of British crime writers with True Crime Story, in which one Joseph Knox - a deliciously unflattering self-portrait - becomes entangled in the investigation into the disappearance of a student. It's a meta-fictional trick that helps to create a genuine (and genuinely pleasurable) sense of unease.

A thrilling mystery with a strong emotional heart

Ingeniously constructed, with real flesh-and-blood characters and cliff-hanging suspense