He is arguably the finest comic novelist working in Britain today. Indeed, he may just be finest comic anything working in Britain right now... Canter's prose is achingly funny...it is also vital, acute, literary and oddly moving.

Brilliant, but for God's sake don't let this book fall into the hands of any women - if they find out what we're really like we'll never hear the end of it

Canter is a sharp writer with a wickedly dry wit. His precise style is a joy to read, combining riotous humour and moments of genuine pathos

This is light reading but deceptively so, offering deliciously well observed vignettes of the top legal set

Witty, accomplished and highly entertaining

Exhilarating...brilliantly plotted

With great panache and assurance, Jon Canter lampoons the pretentions of England's top legal set...this comic tour de force.

Brilliantly witty

Jon Canter projects a series of funny, sometimes hilarious, incidents in which the comedy is structured rather than slapstick, verging on the licentious but masterfully avoiding it

'With Frau Szabó, you have caught a golden fish. Buy all of her novels, the ones she is writing and the ones she will write'

'The Door has been waiting for us from more than sixteen years. It has just opened'

'In The Door the Hungarian Magda Szabó cleverly guides her intense and poignant novel, allowing the tension to rise in a crescendo'

Captures the obsessive and destructive madness of sexual jealousy

Roberts deploys her research carefully, honing a novel with a strong period feel and a sprightly structure

An amazing read

Roberts’ sharp, evocative prose renders this simple story complex, enthralling and compelling

This spiky portrait of love makes for a gripping read

A heartbreaking examination of lives and love

A powerful story of sexual jealousy and longing, My Policeman is also a heartbreaking examination of lives and love that has gone to waste in an era in which homosexuality was a prosecutable offence

A delicious novel by an experienced author who captures the scientific atmosphere of the early 19th century with a devastating study of infidelity

The real life players of the Napoleonic era spring to life

Compelling

Highly assured and almost educational with its broad sweep of history

Tillyard’s achievement is in this original portray log the Regency era and its relevance to our own time

a very human tale about passion, secrets and lies.

An achingly brilliant piece of writing on passion and delusion. It's a pleasure to read from start to finish and reignites our love for fiction