Crime writing's best-kept secret

The Great Gladys

Mrs. Bradley faces one of her most difficult cases to date, one that will keep readers guessing until the very end...

As washed-up private detectives go, Gus Dury is compelling - he's as hard as any criminal, as twice as self-destructive.

Absolutely gripping - a labyrinth of violence, secrets and emotion. This is a true rollercoaster of a read.

Reading Reichs is always an education one way or another. There is plenty of action... but it is the detail that actually makes it gripping

Brennan is a winner, and so is Reichs

A truly impressive writer

Alex Cross is a legend.

Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.

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.

I love Kate's writing...a fantastic detective mystery

The opening chapter of Kate Atkinson's latest book is one of the finest pieces of suspense literature you will read this year . . . addictive . . . Atkinson is back at her best