A crime-writing star

What makes Stuart Neville so special is that he never forgets the human heart that beats inside the bleakest darkness

There's a chilling core to this pitch dark and powerful thriller

Neville goes from strength to strength, giving us a flawed detective who retains her humanity in spite of the dark, bleak landscape of Ulster

In the world of modern crime fiction, Stuart Neville is a supernova. I buy his books the day they’re released because I can’t wait to see where he takes me next. And I’m never disappointed

Flanagan is a superb creation, one of the most convincing women detectives around

DCI Serena Flanagan is a compelling blend of toughness and warmth

Neville gets the female voice just right and has created a fascinating series character in DCI Serena Flanagan. Highly recommended

DCI Serena Flanagan, the bruised and compassionate hero for whom we’ve all been waiting

Another tightly-written thriller from the king of Irish Crime

Meticulous in its depiction of ruthless, deeply disturbed and manipulative killer, Neville has given us a thoughtful, atmospheric novel and, in Flanagan, a low-key, all-too-human hero for our times

A gripping tale of evil, despair and redemption

With his [Neville’s] ongoing, sympathetic development of this fascinating, complex character, his liking for Serena was apparent in this latest book. I certainly share his desire to allow her to gradually reveal her story, as well as those of her family, and can only hope that it won’t be too long before he treats his readers to the next story in what I hope will be a long series!

Taut and thrilling

Impressive . . . a dark, complex and visceral read

The story-telling is little short of brilliant

Complex and full of clever twists . . . These novels give you everything you could want from a thriller - and the quality of Weaver's writing sets them apart from the rest

Perfect plotting, great characterisation, and the kind of payoff that a thriller of this calibre deserves

Weaver's credentials are sui generis, and they are burnished by this latest novel

le Carré has made and peopled a myth. Myths do not age

Deeply moving in its portrait of a man adrift in a climate he no longer understands

[As] labyrinthine as you'd expect ... le Carré has always been a master

Razor-sharp insight from the battle-weary Guillam and fascinating glimpses into the murky spycraft at the height of the Cold War only add to the joy of this sublimely accomplished thriller

This is a truly wonderful, morally complex, politically astute novel written with elegance and panache . . . the visceral thrill of its twists and its complexities, its edge-of-the-seat qualities

[Le Carré's] writing has lost none of its pith or potency . . . his powers of invention have kept up with the pace of an ever-changing and complex world'

Thrilling and fascinating - a satisfying close to the saga

This sublime thriller

This really is vintage le Carré

It's brilliantly done and very enjoyable

[A] late-career triumph

A splendid novel

An immensely clever piece of novelistic engineering

Ali Land's Good Me Bad Me is an intensely compelling exploration of nature versus nurture wrapped up in a page-turning psychological thriller. Darkly disturbing and beautifully written. What more could any reader want?

Good Me Bad Me is an astonishing debut - technically sophisticated and emotionally heart wrenching. So many things are done well - the status jungle of girls school, the psychological dissonance of a dysfunctional family, the internal machinery of damaged children. I thought it was wonderful

One word: Wow. What a brilliant book - believable, shocking, thought-provoking and utterly compelling. The writing, as well as being so pacey, is beautiful. This feels such a current and original book

Good Me Bad Me is a compelling page-turner. Chilling and dark, it grips you and won't let go

Ten pages into Good Me Bad Me, I became an Ali Land fan. Her beautiful, intimate voice immediately tugged me into the heart and mind of a serial killer's daughter and then wouldn't let go. Is there hope for this teenager's new life outside of her mother's horror? Original, intense, and utterly compelling, Good Me Bad Me is not just a terrific thriller but a psychological dive into a young girl's soul. It takes subtlety and perfect balance to maintain a dark tale like this, and Land never once stutters or makes you look away

2017's most hotly anticipated psychological thriller

A creepy, compulsive thriller I read in one breathless gulp... Good Me Bad Me reveals its shocking secrets slowly while reeling in the reader with all the intricate skill of a spider spinning a web. One not to be missed

Dark, claustrophobic and thought-provoking. You'll read this outstanding debut while holding your breath!

An incredible narrative voice . . . Very special and different

Terrifyingly good. The terror of Liz Nugent mixed with the teen angst of Louise O'Neill

Frightening and enthralling

Gripping from the first page

Even the twists have twists

Chirovici has written a very clever book. The plot twists and turns, backtracks and goes round in circles, so you can never be quite sure where it’s going to go next.

The Book of Mirrors will keep you up until you’ve finished it

Twisty novel full of unexpected developments and untrustworthy characters

Chilling

a must read

An intriguing whydunit underpinned by a treatise on memory, as a number of witnesses create a cat’s cradle of conflicting testimony designed to keep the reader guessing to the very end

The Book of Mirrorsengages on a number of levels. Chirovici delights in leading the reader down various blind alleys and keeps us turning the pages