Lively, exciting, ingenious.

Len Deighton's spy novels are so good they make me sad the Cold War is over.

What raises Deighton's genre to art is not only his absorbing characters but his metaphoric grace, droll wit, command of technical detail, and sure sense of place.

Deighton's fiction has stood the test of time. His habitually acerbic narrative voice still has much to say to contemporary readers ... Now a fresh generation have the chance to sample Deighton's wares as Penguin republishes many of his books.

Mr Deighton is really something special.

For sheer readability he has no peer.

Fleming made spy fiction globally popular, but it took Deighton in the Sixties to make it hip.

With this, his second bestseller in as many years, Len Deighton really hit his stride. Multiple deceits defy a full plot summary. Suffice to say that with a succession of startling revelations linked by sharp dialogue, the book effortlessly acquires classic status.

Len Deighton's spy novels are so good they make me sad the Cold War is over.

Jørn Lier Horst writes some of the best Scandinavian crime fiction available. His books are superbly plotted and addictive, the characters wonderfully realised

Jørn Lier Horst is one of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today

Horst, a former Norwegian police detective, is often compared to Sweden's Henning Mankell for his moody, sweeping crime dramas

Jørn Lier Horst raises the suspense level to horror proportions

Expect dark themes and plot twists a plenty

Dramatic, mysterious and compelling

Kept me guessing to the end

With secrets and intrigue, this is a compulsive read

Moriarty rocks the drama genre

Nicola Moriarty belongs to a family tree laded with writers. She more than holds her own

Nicola's got great pace and snappy dialogue, and I especially like her male characters

Brilliant! Could not put it down. It's utterly gripping and beautifully written.

Smart and compassionate, full of poetry and rage and shy hopes and shredded dreams and missing girls and family secrets.

This is a striking first novel, a chilling insight into an oppressive world, where bad thoughts and bad deeds ripple just below the surface, out of sight.

Chilling and compulsive... a dazzling debut.

Simmering resentments and long-held prejudices boil over in this beautifully realised evocation of small-town America. I I loved it.

An elegant, mesmerizing debut-Anna Bailey explores festering secrets with a with a sharp, yet tender gaze. This book reads like a whisper in the dark.

Cleverly written , Anna Bailey's debut shines a light on the darker and more oppressive side of small-town society.