Denise Mina is wonderful. It took only one book for me to become a true fan

Splendidly written... Magnificently readable

The Glasgow...in which The Dead Hour is set is uncompromisingly real and so are [the] characters. This is another very fine book from Mina

Just about the best in the business

Oceanography's answer to Indiana Jones. Exotic locations, ruthless villains, and many narrow escapes - Cussler's fans come for swashbuckling and he delivers

Nobody does it better . . . nobody!

Many pleasures ... Matt's domestic scenes confirm how good Morrison is on family life

A cunning literary novel… Seriously probing about poetry, its origins and repercussions.

Entertaining, well written and acute ... Morrison has an observant eye

Morrison's prose is easy, stylish ... it is often elegant in the way it depicts marriage, secrecy, and the fragile relationships between friends and spouses

A compelling story about the ties that bind us and the power of the written word.

Forever and a Day is an explosive prequel to Casino Royale which promises to please Bond aficionados and a new legion of fans.

This is another great new James Bond novel from Horowitz, who’s filling the shoes of Ian Fleming with apparent ease.

Highly enjoyable.

Horowitz proves himself so adept at getting inside the iconic character, and Fleming’s writing style, that it’s difficult to see the join. Rip-roaringly recommended.

Horowitz…captures the mood, pace and style of Fleming very well… the story thunders along with action galore in the Bond tradition. It whets the appetite for the 25th Bond film.

A rattling good thriller from an undoubted master of the genre.

Jónasson is an automatic must-read for me . . . possibly the best Scandi writer working today

Praise for The Darkness

It will get your pulse racing and keep you hooked to the last page

Magnificently dark and twisted! That ending - blimey!

Expertly plotted, with an ending that's a true shocker, The Darkness is the first book in a trilogy featuring this engaging investigator, which is good news

I've ONLY recently discovered the extraordinary Icelandic writer who adds several shades of darkness to Nordic noir . . . it builds to a deeply shocking climax

Superb. . . chilling . . . This is the first volume in Jonasson's Hidden Iceland trilogy, which tells Hulda's story in reverse chronological order and establishes her as one of the great tragic heroines of contemporary detective fiction

Crime fiction has never seen a character quite like Hulda Hermannsdóittir; nor a series launch so entirely willing to take risks and obliterate long-standing tropes . . . There is no doubt that The Darkness will rank as one of the most popular and powerful reading experiences of the year.

The verdict - lock me up so I can read it again! Unforgettable

Addictive - I found myself wanting to pick it up at every opportunity

Smart, twisty and ingenious . . . as emotionally engaging as it is taut

Addictive, exciting and devilishly clever

Brilliant

Completely original. I was gripped

An exhilarating, hold-your-breath read!

Top domestic noir

We couldn't put this book down!

Prepare to be gripped

The Hot List

Following on from C J Tudor's successful debut, comes a novel about bullying, cruelty and deceit. . . Tudor keeps the novel moving at a fast pace

A Stephen King style thriller that will have you transfixed and submerged in the entanglement of the twisting plot. This book kept me intrigued all the way to the very end

Crime meets psychological suspense meets out-and-out horror. From the stomach-churning first chapter to the grand guignol ending that is as shocking as it is surprising, Tudor racks up the nastiness . . . Another hit.

Matches Stephen King for creepiness. A must-read for horror fans

Creepy beyond words. Just like Stephen King, the fact that Tudor's characters are so believable makes the events even creepier