The talented Coben, who likes nothing more than to create mysterious outsiders, does so with great skill and panache

HARLAN COBEN never ever lets you down

HARLAN COBEN: simply one of the all-time greats

HARLAN COBEN is the modern master of the hook and twist

HARLAN COBEN is one of the world's finest thriller writers

Harlan Coben is one of my all-time favourites and his latest book, Win, is immense

[It's got] everything you want from a Harlan Coben book. It's got violent time, it's got sexy time, it's got a twisty turny plot. It's great, it's fantastic

We can always rely on Harlan Coben to have us enthralled and this new thriller introducing Windsor Horne Lockwood III - aka Win - is no different

Expertly plotted twists and turns

The bestselling crime novelist keeps all the plots spinning in his latest caper [...] It is expertly done and the brisk pace keeps the pages turning

As you'd expect from Coben, this is a complex thriller that keeps you hooked with the superb writing, handbrake turns and satisfying conclusion

The usual Coben formula of the cold case that suddenly becomes red hot, deployed as grippingly as ever

Bartz takes the idea of a 'frenemy' to new heights in her third thriller, yet another expert vivisection of female modes of communication and competition

A chilling, whirlwind thriller

This thriller has a premise that will pique any mystery-loving traveler's interest: two best friends embark on their annual reunion trip, only to have it go murderously awry. Bartz's evocative descriptions of destinations as varied as Chile and Cambodia pulled me in immediately, but it was the way she ratcheted up the tension by dropping clues about the duo's murky past that kept me rapt until the end

This smartly written psychological thriller will leave you all tingly

Bartz, once again, creates a thrilling tale about a friend group in flux

The ultimate story of toxic female friendships, a theme Andi Bartz pulls off exquisitely her previous novels. This one is pulse-pounding with secrets, lies, and friends who trust too much

Sustains its thriller atmosphere with a well-drawn dynamic between co-dependent friends who alternate from deep trust to vicious suspicion

We Were Never Here is an observant, suspenseful, and deeply scary novel, a psychological thriller that looks at the tight bonds of friendship and asks where they strangle, where they break

We Were Never Here is somehow both cinematic in scope and also claustrophobic and unnerving. It's a novel that explores the dangers that lurk in beautiful places, the manipulation of memories, and the friendship ties that don't just bind us, but can strangle us

I absolutely loved We Were Never Here ... chock-full of twists and turns that surprise and titillate. I was so enthralled, I carried the book around the house, reading as I walked to the kitchen to make some tea and even while folding the laundry. It's been years since I last read-walked!

[Bartz] has an incredible talent for writing complicated characters, complex relationships, unnerving situations, and palpable tension-and making them all work together

Inventive, playful and hugely enjoyable.

Supple and urgent - another slab of Knox brilliance

Knox has produced something extraordinary ... post-modern playfulness [embedded] in a rich and compelling plot that twists and turns until the final pages

Astonishing! So clever, so original! Highly recommended

This clever novel reads like a true crime story (at times you have to remind yourself it's fiction), which makes it all the more compelling

A very stylish novel revealing not only the unreliability of witnesses, but also the voyeurism in much crime reporting, crime investigation, and yes, in those of us who enjoy crime fiction

Book of the year
True Crime Story by Joseph Knox, a provocative mix of real and fictional crime in which the author himself investigates the disappearance of a student named Zoe. But is she a real or fictional character? With a fragmentary narrative style, this is something new in the overcrowded crime genre

Joseph Knox cements his reputation as one of the best of the new guard of British crime writers with True Crime Story, in which one Joseph Knox - a deliciously unflattering self-portrait - becomes entangled in the investigation into the disappearance of a student. It's a meta-fictional trick that helps to create a genuine (and genuinely pleasurable) sense of unease.

A thrilling mystery with a strong emotional heart

Ingeniously constructed, with real flesh-and-blood characters and cliff-hanging suspense