A heartbreaking tale of descent into despair and darkness that serves as a totem for what great crime writing can achieve

Magnificent

By the time you get to the end, you'll be wanting another. But it would be hard to beat this tale of murder and loss which leads back to the heart of the cold war

A plot as twisted and exciting as any Le Carre thriller

It's a fine finale for the fretful policeman and it's hard not to feel you'll miss the old bugger

The Beck books were greatly admired, but Wahloo's two novels featuring Chief Inspector Jensen are more intellectually intriguing

A compelling storyteller of our time

Compulsively readable

Part-bodice-ripper, part-slasher, the book's elaborate plot moves along at a brisk clip with a nod to the likes of Sarah Waters and Peter Ackroyd

A sure-footed evocation of seamy Victorian London

A sinister picture of a country, and protagonist, on the brink of hysteria

As crowded with sensation as a Victorian parlour with furniture

A spider's web of a plot and a spine-tingling atmosphere of menace and suspense

Mesmerising, elegant and compelling

This spine-tingling novel… will certainly keep your nerves jangling

An excellent ghost story...magnificently eerie...compulsive reading

She writes with great power, authentically chilling

One of the most popular British ghost stories of modern times