A dizzyingly complicated, dazzlingly allusive, breathlessly exciting novel of adventure and detection

A noir meta-fiction. Even a reader armed with a Latin dictionary and a copy of The Three Musketeers cannot anticipate the thrilling twists of this Escher-like mystery

A sophisticated and exciting intellectual game which brilliantly illustrates the sheer delight of fiction

A rip-roaring entertainment - tongue in cheek and sword in hand

Gene Kerrigan is a great writer

Exhilarating... Pacy, suspenseful... Opens with a bang

His style is taught and his dialogue pings and fizzes. I just have one question. When's the next instalment due?

Gene Kerrigan's writing is magnificent. It's graceful, tough, hardboiled and tender, razor-sharp and gritty as it is lyrical and truthful

One of the strongest stories of supernatural horror...the work bursts into life and does not flag until the end

Irresistibly dramatic... Susan Hill has done the genre real honour

It is bursting with classic Gothic horror motifs and Susan Hill is a master of atmospheric descriptions. She evokes so cleverly the decrepit Eel Marsh House, the mention of its name enough to make the locals pause, their faces darken in unspoken wariness… The Woman in Black gives a thrilling sense of unease and provides just the right level of things that go bump in the night for a spine-tingling good read.

This spine-tingling novel… will certainly keep your nerves jangling