A vividly drawn, propulsive thriller, that also probes the effects of grief and trauma

This stylish, riveting thriller explodes into a world of 'psychic spies' and dark plots to undermine the world

An assured page-turner ... it combines action and foreign locations with big ideas a la Dan Brown

This is a highly original, electrifying read ... In less assured hands this could have seemed absurd, but Cook’s crisp, hard-boiled prose makes the outlandish feel alarmingly plausible.

Frightening in its subject matter and brilliantly written. It’s a book you will not want to put down

The Grid takes the thriller to another, deeper level. It’ll grip you and have you thinking hard in equal measure … an absorbing gripper that will have you googling for clues that it might come true

Fuelled by an instantly intriguing premise, One Step Behind is a gripping and pacy psychological thriller that constantly keeps you guessing.

This tense thriller will have you chewing your fingernails down to the knuckles . . . Suspense galore!

Sympathetically tackling the subject of addiction, this immersive thriller is gripping from the get go.

A claustrophobic thriller with some clever twists.

I couldn't put it down! If you loved The Rumour, you’ll love this one too.

Paranoia is the plot engine here, and Kara manages to instil pleasurable apprehension in the reader as the net tightens around her heroine.

'Unsparing prose, a visceral shock ride into horror'

Reads like a political thriller. Brabazon's searing narrative captures both the allure of war . . . and its brutal realities

A compelling insight into a devastated region that is the playground of rapacious warlords, western intelligence agents and opportunistic businessmen

The always-wonderful Denise Mina with The Less Dead, notable as ever for its story, characters and setting

A great writer and thinker

[A] terrifying and hilarious thriller

Denise Mina gets to the heart of what crime really is. You feel like you are right there, in all the dark nooks and crannies that her characters inhabit

Such intricate and enthralling storytelling. Evocative and creepy

This book is chilling. It's the type of book you need to read with the lights on and the doors locked but it's so gripping you won't regret the mild night terrors

C. J. Tudor has crafted an intense novel that gets right to the heart of what it means to love and to grieve . . . Intriguing, dramatic and heartbreaking

A chilling psychological thriller, pulsing with atmosphere and plot twists

A well-crafted story that blends a mystery with some supernatural chills. You'll want to leave the light on

A chilling, atmospheric tale of justice, revenge, and the darkness lurking on the fringes of society

Vivid characterisation, lots of mystery as well as a twisting plot, it makes for a gripping page turner

The chilling new novel by the bestselling author of The Chalk Man is an absolute page-turner. We'll just say the author isn't referred to as the 'Queen of Creepy' for nothing

Complex thriller which is suffused with loss, longing and vengeance. Touches of the supernatural add to the spine-tingling thrills

A novel with a formidable emotional pull

C.J. Tudor is mastering the suspense/horror genre . . . It's quietly disconcerting, completely relatable and shows you that humans have a wonderfully dark side

Kidnap mystery and horror suspense all rolled into one as a man is haunted by his abduction of his daughter while the woman who knows what happened is on the run for her life

Praise for C. J. Tudor

CJ Tudor taps into those things that woke you up in the night when you were a kid and then stay with you when you're an adult

Britain's female Stephen King

Some writers have it, and some don't. C. J. Tudor has it big time

A dark star is born

An intense novel that gets right to the heart of what it means to love and grieve

Wonderfully gripping and doubt-inducing

Sisters echoes Brontë's Wuthering Heights not only in its gothic elements and sombre descriptions of English landscapes but also in the idea of doomed love, love which becomes an omnipotent, harmful power... Sisters is chilling and unrestful in a way many horror stories aren't, the world of the novel itself a disturbing and anxious place.

An absorbing tale of sibling love and envy.

It's hard to deny the uncanny thrill generated by Johnson's blend of horror, nature writing and magical realism... As dazzling as a photographer's flash.

Held me rapt until the very end

I didn't want to put it down

A beautiful and intriguing page-turner

Rich and atmospheric