This gripping novel by the world's bestselling thriller author will have you on the edge of your deckchair.

The Calling had me from the first page and never let me go. I absolutely loved Hazel Micallef

You're in the hands of a master storyteller. The Calling is a stunner - dark, surprising and utterly compelling

A wonderful, creepy, twisty novel. You'll want to devour it all in one sitting

The most enthralling, creepiest, grizzliest book I've read in years.

So impressive I couldn't put the damned thing down . . . genuine surprises, twists and turns that will keep you turning pages quickly and too late into the night.

Bracingly original mystery . . . a first-rate crime writer

The novel quickly builds to an excruciating level of suspense . . . an excellent thriller, both riveting and precise. The ending is a shocker.

Micallef, a nice twist on the traditional middle-aged alcoholic male cop, is wearily, startlingly real.

A superbly written novel with a brilliantly conceived and realized plot . . . unforgettable.

. . . perfectly gripping . . . It is a clever serial/ ritual-murderer tale set in remotest rural Canada, but the most original feature of the story is its principal detective . . . Hazel Micallef is a splendid recruit to the ranks of fictional detectives.

Terrifying, moving and complex . . . the first in a sensational series . . . truly compelling . . . a thrilling psychological tale which ratchets up the pace from the intriguing opening scene to the heart-in-the-mouth finale.

Patterson is in a class by himself.

... opens with one of the most chilling murder scenes I've read in a long time ... High-octane stuff

I was completely swept along by it. It was absolutely fantastic: I romped through it. It is wonderfully-well and scarily described. There is a James Bond quality. It was inspired. Cross Country has an amazing sense of speed, there's a really brilliant tension in the plot. You really believe in Alex Cross.
You're just completely engrossed in it from start to finish. Absolutely incredible. Taking [Cross] into Africa is a masterstroke. The story is unrelentingly exciting.

Psychologically acute and extremely disturbing, Ruth Rendell's work is outstanding

Rendell has a Dickensian empathy, informed by a prodigious love of London life. Her account, bursting with colour and vitality, is a treat to read