Frenetic page-turning tension and mystery... Sometimes nasty, sometimes funny, sometimes knowing in its comment about the rampant misogyny that pervades the underworld. It's a great read, dark and filled with pace.

Seamy, tough and reeking with authenticity, it's grimly fascinating.

Ultra-noir… depicts the criminal underbelly of Manchester with force and style. Good story, superior characterisation, convincingly bleak atmosphere.

Exhilarating prose, gut-wrenching violence and plenty of soul in dystopian Manchester.

It shines a light on Manchester’s violent underworld, as a nightclub owner finds himself dragged into ever-more-depraved places amid a backdrop of murders.

An extremely well-paced piece of writing.

This is gritty stuff… Benn’s prose is fat-free, sinewy, not a wasted syllable.

Manchester’s Irvine Welsh… Authentic but grim.

Benn transcends genre… [Trouble Man] is powerful fare.

Intriguing and affecting... she has also created a compelling central chracter in world-weary private investigator Jackson Brodie, who is determined to bring justice to all the lives that lie fractured around him

Civilised, funny, life-affirming and hugely enjoyable

Brilliantly detailed and unexpectedly funny

Perceptive and engaging

Murder, mystery and Atkinson's skill make for an atmospheric and moving story

Funny, furious fourth novel rumbustiously drives a path through the genre of detective fiction, demolishing its careful, forensic summation of human behaviour and replacing them with bloody, believable, vigorous tales

Vivid, multifaceted... Case Histories manages to be such an ultimately joyful novel.. I found myself captivated throughout by the vivacity and big-hearted humour... skilled juxtaposition

Not just the best novel I have read this year...but the best mystery of the decade. There are actually four mysteries, nesting like Russian dolls, and when they begin to fit together, I defy any reader not to feel a combination of delight and amazement. Case Histories is the literary equivalent of a triple axel. I read it once for pleasure and then again just to see how it was done. This is the kind of book you shove in people's faces, saying 'You gotta read this!