A relentlessly suspenseful, soul-chilling thriller that hooks you instantly

Readers of this terrifying page-turner are in the hands of a master storyteller. Be prepared to stay up all night

A specialist in serial killer tales . . . a wonderfully evocative writer

Told at breakneck pace, with more than one truly frightening villain, and a protagonist whose tenacity in the face of evil makes him a hero for our times, you turn the pages as if your very life depends on it

A no-holds-barred thriller that thrusts the reader into the black soul of the killer ... those with a taste for Thomas Harris will look forward to the sure-to-follow sequel

Razor-sharp plotting with a powerful narrative ... thrills to its very satisfying end

The novel is, like the nameless killer's victims, well executed. And like the killer himself, fiendishly twisted. A real page turner

Savvy and sharp ... as well-written a thriller as The Silence of the Lambs ... A winner

With this novel, Montanari's reputation is set in stone - or written in blood - alongside the likes of Connelly, Slaughter and Ellroy

This is a story not for people who like reading novels but for the much larger number who like solving puzzles

Bruen's tightly coiled prose strikes like a piss-soaked rattler.

Sharp, punch and unsettling, Priest is a masterpiece.

... An intensely dark maelstrom ... excellent.

Bruen should be valued as one of the most challenging and memorable writers in the genre at the moment.