Readers will have their money's worth. Ellroy can't write a dull line

John Harvey is not just a fine crime novelist but a fine writer, and an adornment to his chosen genre. I devoured Good Bait in a day, and defy any reader to do otherwise.Great stuff.

John Harvey returns in resounding form … Terrific plot and, in Karen Shields, a splendid new heroine.

Intricate, character-driven plotting and a large canvas full of telling detail lift this above the average police procedural.

John Harvey shows he is one of the best crime writers around: perhaps even Britain's answer to the great Elmore Leonard

Good Bait proves that John Harvey is always prepared to tackle something new and ambitious.

Harvey really does have his finger on the pulse of what is happening in the criminal underworld and some of the more deprived areas of London. There's a real sense, not just of what's happening, but of why it's happening and where there are gaps in the net. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

What makes this book and John Harvey stand out is the writing and the characters... If you love crime you've got to read John Harvey.