This is a full-blooded, action-packed male thriller

Former SAS man Ryan knows every inch of his former regiment and uses the knowledge to excellent effect - you're left feeling you know what it's like to wear the famous winged dagger cap badge

Ryan puts his technical know-how to good use in this electrifying story

I read every Sherlock Holmes story...they have certainly found a permanent place in English literature

The world's most famous detective

The brilliance of the stories lies in the relationship between Holmes and Watson, which is both funny and touching

Now, as in his lifetime, cab drivers, statesmen, academics, and raggedy-arsed children sit spellbound at his feet... No wonder, then, if the pairing of Holmes and Watson has triggered more imitators than any other duo in literature

[Wexford] has become an old friend who gets better with age.

Psychologically acute and extremely disturbing, Ruth Rendell's work is outstanding.

It's not often you pick up a book where the plot is technically perfect, where the characters all come off the page perfectly formed and the writing is so good that it's impossible to spot an unnecessary word, but which still managed to be a damn good story. I was still reading at 2 o'clock this morning...

Patterson knows where our deepest fears are Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination.buried... there's no stopping his imagination.

Patterson is in a class by himself.

Sharp, sassy and guaranteed to send shivers down your spine, this is a tense thriller

Cross is one of the best and most likeable characters in the modern thriller.