Incredible. Just incredible. Belinda Bauer is a genius.

...all the texture and depth of a classic crime thriller... This increasingly taut thriller is page-clawing material.

...this wintery chiller is a fantastic take on the serial killer thriller.

The Beautiful Dead will keep you up all night.

Excellent tension.

...a book you'll read in one go after making sure every door is locked.

Over half a dozen novels, Belinda Bauer has staked a claim to the gruesome, spectacular and bizarre... trademark ingenuity.

A masterclass in storytelling. Crime novels don't get much better than this. I loved it

Belinda Bauer is the connoisseur of crime novels.

...the formidably talented Belinda Bauer. From the award-winning Blacklands onwards, she has shown a plucky willingness to take the crime novel into completely unexpected territory, and a sure-fire grasp of how to unsettle the reader. Bauer aficionados need not hesitate; she's on typically scabrous form here.

Oh my, this is a clever, chilling, and penetrating read...I simply couldn’t put it down. With sharply spiked claws that hook into your mind and don't let go, The Beautiful Dead is a heart pounding and captivating read.

Belinda Bauer used to be a screenwriter and it shows in the fast pace and mounting tension that makes The Beautiful Dead a book you’ll read in one go with all the lights blazing after you’ve made sure every door is locked.

No one writes books like Belinda Bauer, who just gets better and better.

...this all too believable thriller is fast-paced, taut and super scary

Belinda Bauer is probably Britain's most original crime writer.

...polished and breathtakingly tense, this novel of obsession and murder takes a firm grip from the start

I have read serial killer-yarns that are more frightening but few as entertaining or, in its low-key way, as moving.

excellent and disturbing crimer

Breathlessly brilliant. A Must!

Gillian's gripping debut novel is packed with twists and turns that will make it almost impossible to put the book down

Everything But The Truth is an assured, suspenseful debut

One lie kicks off this suspenseful domestic noir

Toxic relationships, secrets and lies - this is a tense morality tale

What would you do if you thought your partner was hiding something? Rachel thinks her boyfriend Jack is and, after delving into his past, discovers he may not be who he says he is. A thrilling book-club read, as it will have you debating moral dilemmas

This smart, twisty and ingenious debut follows pregnant Rachel as she tracks the trail of deceit left by her boyfriend, Jack. As emotionally engaging as it is taut, this is drama at its best

How well can you really know someone? That's the question posed by this superb debut...With engaging characters, and a cleverly crafted message about morality and forgiveness at its core, this contemporary love story wrapped up in a thriller is a brilliant read. Compelling and intense

Prepare to be gripped by this tense thriller

Completely plausible, perfectly paced plot, create moments of heart-in-mouth suspense

So meticulously does Myerson draw these characters and so intricately does she interweave the narratives that reading the novel is like watching a film and shouting at the screen while a character fails to notice the murdered hiding under the bed. The Stopped Heart is an eerie and disquieting ghost story about the natures of male desire, teenage rites of passage and how grief can shift the prism through which we perceive both the past and the present.

A strange, uncanny novel, bewitching and heady

Richly rendered characters, with a well-delineated supporting cast and a strong sense of place. A debut of astonishing maturity.

This beautifully written and poetic novel is fascinating and disturbing… This is a novel which stays in the mind.

A powerful debut novel.

I kept flipping back, over and over, rereading pages and saying ‘Oh my God’ to myself.

Mina’s recent novel The Long Drop…is her most interesting work

An atmospheric recreation of a vanished Glasgow…and a compelling exploration of the warped criminal mind. A Mina masterpiece

One of the most exciting writers to have emerged in Britain for years.

One of the most fiercely intelligent of crime writers