Writers such as Henning Mankell may outsell Jungstedt in the UK, but - if there is any justice - she will not remain caviar to the general

There is an icy dispassionate grip to Jungstedt's writing that recalls Henning Mankell

She is in total control of plot and pace, conveys chilling atmosphere and her characters are well above average for believability

Jungstedt delivers excellent clammy atmosphere and a constant premonition of weird deaths to come. She's becoming one of Scandinavia's best crime writers, no mean compliment in a crowded field

Neville creates a break-neck pace as he switches between the story's different strands in punchy chapters...good, grisly fun

Unputdownable and seriously good. Fasten your seatbelt and climb into this rollercoaster of a book

Neville is a master at constructing monsters and this latest is no exception... The best measure of a genre novel is its readability and this one sticks to the hands

Stolen Souls shows an unflinching mastery of such dark and disturbing material ... A master at work

This third, beautifully crafted thriller, which brings Inspector Jack Lennon to the fore, confirms [Stuart Neville's] stature as the North's most promising crime fiction talent.

The Irish crime-fiction wave rises to new heights with Stuart Neville's third novel, the tight, telescopic thriller Stolen Souls. The writing here is mature and assured: There are no extraneous words or characters... But where Ellroy writes a furious caldron of nonstop vintage action, one senses a diamond-hard stillness at the heart of Neville's prose, despite the hurtling plot

Stuart Neville's mastery of Belfast continues... Spectacularly written

Neville's third outing confirms him as the king of Belfast noir

A stir-fry of death and addiction

Scary, but always humane

This guy can write.

Neville has the talent to believably blend the tropes of the crime novel and those of a horror, in the process creating a page-turning thriller akin to a collaboration between John Connolly and Stephen King...

A brilliant thriller: unbearably tense, stomach-churningly frightening.

A no-frills thriller that barrels along at a ferocious pace, pausing only to offer the occasional nod to 1970s paranoid classics such as William Goldman's Marathon Man.

Stuart Neville's third novel effortlessly exceeds the high expectations created by the first two installments... Stuart Neville's latest novel is a thrilling masterpiece. From its gripping and well paced plot to its well defined and intriguing characters, Stolen Souls is a powerful novel, which does not shy away from exploring the new literary landscape for Northern Irish fiction.

Belinda Bauer's thrillers are always compelling, always original, always brilliant. I will rush to read anything she writes

Bold and original, Rubbernecker draws you into unexpected psychological territory with its sophisticated, fast-paced story. A thought-provoking page-turner you won't be able to put down.