Author:Ben Mezrich
Whilst exploring the ruins of a Greek temple, Professor Jack Grady receives an urgent phone call: his brother, a renowned mathematician, has been murdered.
His sudden death, that comes just as he was about to crack the code of a centuries-old mystery, sets in motion a global domino effect.
Jack must race from Brazil and Jordan to India and Peru in order to discover the secret that links the Seven Wonders of the World, before it’s too late…
Seven Wonders is the type of thriller that grabs you by the scruff of the neck and takes no prisoners. Ben Mezrich is an author whose skill for weaving imaginative and often insane adventures kept me riveted to the very last page … A cracking read!
—— Culture FlyIt’s a fast-moving thriller involving murder, conspiracy, historical mystery, and the Seven Wonders of the World. Is it enjoyable and imaginative? Hell, yeah.
—— BooklistA fast-moving thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat.
—— Frost magazineWow, what memorable dames! What terrific short stories! Dangerous Women is a winning collection
—— Susan IsaacsIt's a joy to watch these talented authors embrace the short story form and produce magic
—— Publishers WeeklyAn incredibly dark, taut thriller...it deserves to be a bestseller. Think of Ruth Rendell morphing into John le Carré
—— Daily ExpressSearle shows a gift for complex plotting. The Good Liar is packed with secrets and surprises, bluffs and double-bluffs
—— Daily TelegraphA perfectly entertaining way to spend a few hours
—— Sunday TimesA confident debut...an easy page-turner
—— GraziaA cracking read
—— Graham Norton, BBC Radio 2What a clever and menacing novel The Good Liar is. I was gripped and horrified in equal measure and the ending knocked me sideways! I can't wait for everyone to read the book so I can talk about it
—— Nina Stibbe, bestselling author of 'Love, Nina' and 'Man at the Helm'This is a high-speed comedic chase novel which shows women entering their later years misbehaving in the most fantastic way…The Sunshine Cruise Company enthusiastically smashes stereotypes of women heading into retirement and it’s a funny fast-paced thriller.
—— Lonesome Reader[A] hugely enjoyable comic crime romp.
—— Mail on SundayAnd for his next trick, Johnson delivers a taut, Conrad-by-way-of-Chandler tale about a spy who gets too close to the man he's shadowing in Africa . . . As in any good double-agent story, Johnson obscures whose side Roland is really on, and Roland himself hardly knows the answer either: Befogged by frustrations and bureaucracy, his lust for Davidia and simple greed, he slips deeper into violence and disconnection. Johnson expertly maintains the heart-of-darkness mood . . . his antihero's story is an intriguing metaphor for [post-9/11 lawlessness]
—— KirkusA dangerously good thriller
—— Wegener Dagbladen (Holland)This thriller gets under your skin and won't let you go. One thing is very clear at the end: we want to read more about Holger Munch and Mia Krüger!
—— Booksection.de (Germany)A very sophisticated and terrifying thriller, which keeps the reader guessing and gasping to the very last page. The story is powerful, the style is fluent, and the cast of characters is simply irresistible
—— Thrillermagazine.it (Italy)