A classic example of detective-book murder, it is satisfyingly difficult to resolve ... Leon whips up a brilliant narrative storm

Compelling ... absorbingly detailed ... this is a powerful story, brilliantly evoking Venetian atmosphere, and the characters of Brunetti and his family continue to deepen throughout this series

Donna Leon's novels have become successively more subtle, more complex and perhaps more serious, without ever losing their compelling power as narratives. This is especially true of Wilful Behaviour; the story is wholly engrossing

Intricate, character-driven plotting and a large canvas full of telling detail lift this above the average police procedural.

John Harvey shows he is one of the best crime writers around: perhaps even Britain's answer to the great Elmore Leonard

Good Bait proves that John Harvey is always prepared to tackle something new and ambitious.

Harvey really does have his finger on the pulse of what is happening in the criminal underworld and some of the more deprived areas of London. There's a real sense, not just of what's happening, but of why it's happening and where there are gaps in the net. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

What makes this book and John Harvey stand out is the writing and the characters... If you love crime you've got to read John Harvey.