Striking first novel. Davey writes beautifully

To read this novel is to feel one's life improved, one's faith in the moral force of art secured. Davey's book will last, and carry retrospective weight with her ancestors among the best novelists, both English and French

A book of such unobtrusive artistry and insight

A superb piece of writing - elegant and subtle in a way you don't see very often these days. Janet Davey is a writer of tremendous presence whose remarkable ability to observe characters and their lives results in a truly enthralling story. It's difficult to believe this is a first novel

Delicate, subtle, entirely lacking in brashness-I purred over its sheer intelligence, its quiet wit

The subject matter is brave, the moral perspective complex, the writing vivid

Weston has an unwavering passion for the truth as well as the courage to tell it.

Weston excels at writing about medicine precisely…but with great subtlety of tone that allows readers to appreciate the human faultlines that lie beneath conventional portraits of doctoring.

Weston is a superb writer of lucid and evocative prose… This is not a dark book so much as a deeply thoughtful one

Few writers capture the mentality of surgery as incisively as Ms Weston has managed to. Her experiences in hospitals are palpable on the page.

Highly intense… Impressive stuff.

Extremely powerful.

Extraordinarily powerful.

An important and thought-provoking book.

Will certainly raise questions for further thought by the reader even after putting the book down.

Intense.

The subject matter is brave and necessary… Weston is a superb writer of lucid and evocative prose… This is not a dark book so much as a deeply thoughtful one. I would make it obligatory for the medical curriculum.

Gripping, well-researched and elegantly written – but definitely not for the squeamish.

Scalpel-sharp.

Weston’s fast-paced novel raises questions of integrity, morality and medical ethics.

A powerful piece of writing.

Dirty Work is a fascinating, thought-provoking and at times deeply troubling tale. Weston presents a balanced and brutally honest portrayal of a difficult theme.

Visceral and moving.

Jonathan Lee’s second novel, Joy charts the final day in the life of a high-flying young lawyer. Lee writes with extraordinary vividness, with prose so sharply defined it takes your breath away.

With its supple prose, ingenious structure, wit and slow-burn sympathy, Joy is a sly miracle of a novel.

[One] of Britain’s most exciting writers… I loved how Jonathan Lee’s Joy gradually unravels through different characters…The ending of Joy is brilliantly shocking. I finished it three weeks ago and it’s still playing on my mind… Something about Joy’s slow and brooding story really affected me…Lee manages to make every voice distinct…It is Joy’s complexity which keeps you reading…[A] wonderful book.

Lee constructs office scenes easily, weaving together numerous characters and dialogues with flair…the writing crackles.