Ambitious, intricate, riveting

It's been compared to Stieg Larsson's Millennium series ... a compelling, engrossing read ... Walter Lucius is one to watch

Disturbing, apocalyptic, gripping

Riveting until the very end

The Dutch answer to the tsunami of Scandinavian thrillers

Impressively sustained . . . echoes of Hammond Innes's tales of adventure . . . even of Michael Crichton. But the strongest element, the crystalline depiction of the Arctic landscape, where the sapping cold is the real enemy, is all the achievement of Kristian . . . also an affecting tribute to paternal love and the power of the human spirit.

Compulsively readable, and written with real heart - I devoured this.

The best Giles Kristian novel so far - and that's setting the bar almost impossibly high. Moving from the past has freed up one of our generations most creative and thoughtful writers to craft a story of generational love, of care and loss, of knowing when to let go of that to which we most want to hold on - and all within the envelope of a narrative thriller that is absolutely of our time and essential to our moving beyond where we are. It's exciting and beautiful, and inspiring and thought-provoking, all in one. Unmissable.

'From its slowburn start, Where Blood Runs Cold moves rapidly to become a white-knuckle, explosive ride with more twists and turns than a skiing black run. It takes you to the edge, to the awful 'what would I doto save my child' moment. First class.'

Giles Kristian takes the reader into the Arctic's terrible beauty with the authenticity of a man who's been there and done that. This is a prescient, hard bitten roller-coaster of a thriller.

I think Giles Kristian has a film deal on his hands here.

Wrap up warm! . . . this is a book which drags you in to its lethal environment.

Giles Kristian . . . is a superb storyteller, one of the very finest writing today . . . [he] has demonstrated that not only can he make any period of history his own but that he can also master a new genre entirely . . . a wonderful writer whose books belong on your shelf.

All Her Fault is a fantastic read. Gripping and real, with a whole host of flawed characters, it explores motherhood, relationships and friendship in a twisted unravelling of every parent's worst nightmare.

Wow, All Her Fault gripped from the first page and didn't let up! It played on my worst fears and kept upping the stakes . . . Great plotting, I didn't predict any of the twists and turns! Superb characters that were brilliantly crafted. This book will fly!

A dark and twisted thriller which will make most parents triple check their security settings! This is another cracking read from a writer who is at the top of her game and wow... that twist floored me!

Her best yet, and a truly gripping, twisty tale.

Andrea Mara writes twisty mysteries that keep you turning the pages.

A taut and twisty domestic thriller that throws readers into the nightmarish situation of a missing child and the subsequent paranoia that creates suspects out of anyone and everyone. The unexpected twist will have your jaw to the floor.

An intensely twisty thriller guaranteed to keep you guessing until the very end - perfect for weekend reading.

A suspense builder - shocking lies and unforgivable betrayals emerge as a desperate search for a child ensues.

Secrets are uncovered at every twist and turn of this domestic thriller, in which you're thrust into the action from the very first page. A gripping, intricately written story that's easy to devour.

Sharp, sophisticated, and full of suspense - everything you need for a perfect summer read.

All Her Fault is a brilliant premise, wonderfully executed . . . a taut, superbly designed suspense novel.

This book is excellent. Pacy and clever and intriguing.

All my greatest fears on the page and yet I couldn't stop reading. Congratulations, Andrea Mara, you evil genius.

Someone has taken Marissa's child; the fun in this fiendishly twisting narrative is trying to work out who that might be.

This is a book which would probably reward a second reading, perhaps a few months later, when the details have faded a little from memory. It's really that good.

I was completely blown away by this genre-defying masterpiece. Part thriller, part philosophical rumination on what makes us human, and with a dash of theoretical physics; this is an absolute must-read

The Anomaly is a brilliant balancing act of a novel, a fantastic rush and ride that works on myriad levels, at various depths, and in a multitude of styles. It's a precise and erudite literary treat, a comedic sociopolitical-religious skewering of these contemporary times, a philosophical-scientific-mathematical dive into the puzzles of possibility, space, and time, and an ingenious thought experiment that lends itself easily to ad infinitum analysis and dissection. It's also entirely grounded in human nature. Le Tellier's pointillistic characters are, like all of us, buffeted by desires, seeking love, striving, aging, making good and bad decisions, choosing the right or wrong paths, believing they know and understand themselves, utterly trusting in free will. Highly intelligent, ironic without cheap cynicism, The Anomaly is an immensely fun novel, an immersive experience that leaves the reader analysing everything anew

The year has only just begun but I will be surprised if I read something as astonishing as The Anomaly in the next 12 months

It's dizzying, exhilarating, brilliant!

An intoxicating mix of the magical and life's big questions

Hervé le Tellier's new novel is an exquisite, insane surprise. Quite simply astounding

An addictive page-turner, The Anomaly flirts with thriller and science fiction, and mirrors the best televisions series in its very effective orchestration of suspense. Filled with fascination existential and metaphysical questions, this is an effective, funny and discreetly melancholy novel

A brilliant, extremely inventive book. Like an astounding screenplay for an American blockbuster, written by a Frenchman who is having fun with it

Hervé le Tellier has written an impossible novel. It's a thriller but also a fantasy. A choral novel, which is also surrealist. An adventure, a page turner, a bestseller, but also an experimental, highly literary work

A delight. Intricate, ingenious, propulsive - but also affecting, with numerous moments that are terribly poignant along with its puzzles and winks

How would society respond to the inexplicable? This is the question the author tries, with intelligence, elegance and humour, to answer. Hervé le Tellier has written a frank and gripping novel with complex, moving characters. You won't be able to put it down!

Effervescent playfulness . . . Hilariously deadpan

The novel is a tour de force which both dives into the personal lives of several characters and at the same time gives a group perspective on an international event which verges on science fiction. The taut rhythm of the investigation keeps the reader on tenterhooks

The situations are mad, but the questions they raise, far less so. Such is the profundity of this astonishing book: it makes light of itself, lending an air of fantasy to the fates of its characters, while Hervé le Tellier holds a mirror up before us

A master of one-touch characterisation. Le Tellier's genius is in making the unimaginable feel authentic

Le Tellier, throughout this flight, deposits on the tarmac his stunned reader, ready to applaud

Le Tellier is a masterful writer and his staggering story verges on thriller and science fiction

Somewhere between fable and science fiction, it's a fascinating novel

The novel weaves a surprising story out of several narrative threads which give Hervé le Tellier the opportunity to touch on as many literary genres as he does themes, in a biting and often funny critique of the start of the 21st century

Excellent...at once zeitgeisty, intelligent, and entertaining

Fantastic...The Anomaly wears its name well: it's rare in France that a work combines the best of American TV series with an impeccable mastery of the French psychological novel

Dizzying, compelling

Mind-bending. Herve Le Tellier's emotional and intellectual rollercoaster is well worth the ride

A delightfully confounding thriller . . . Le Tellier's prose is beautifully efficient and capable of quiet devastation

Compelling . . . A disturbing and complex tale about dysfunctional mother-daughter relationships. It's not always an easy read but it's absolutely one you won't be able to put down

Included in 'Books for 2021'

The mother of all thrillers! Like The Girl on the Train - but better!

Utterly mesmerising. Ashley Audrain's powerful debut novel explores the challenges of motherhood and the terrifying isolation of being trapped within a sinister truth that no-one else believes.

One of the most anticipated novels of this year . . . fast-paced, it has the ability to distract you from anything. Exactly what we need right now

Written with an unflinching eye and a stylistically sharp, tight economy The Push is a single-sitting read, as suspenseful as any thriller, as thoughtful as any literary novel, with an almost physical force behind each of its turns and revelations. By the end, the reader will feel wrung out in the way only the best of books leaves you. Audrain's debut is a stunning, devastating novel and, frankly, one hell of a way to start a year of reading

Included in 'Books to Watch 2021'

Hooks you from the very first page and will have you racing to get to the end

Included in 'Best New Books'

This is a sterling addition to the burgeoning canon of bad seed suspense, from an arrestingly original new voice

This taut and tense hurricane of a debut is best devoured in one sitting

This dazzling debut mixes page-turning suspense with a psychological drama

Once you start in on this story, it becomes difficult to control yourself. A twisted, tight, and exhilarating drama

This psychological thriller about a mother's bond with her daughter will keep you turning pages

This nuanced book challenges the notion of nature versus nurture, and whether a mother's love is enough. It's disturbing, painful and brilliant, holding a mirror up to society

The Push is a thriller that is also a compelling examination of motherhood and of how trauma is passed down through generations

A tense, chilling dip into the dark side of motherhood . . . The Push is uncomfortable and provocative, like a train wreck that demands your gaze

The most tense, thrilling read that will chill and enthral in equal measure

Disturbingly brilliant . . . will render you speechless

A page-turning debut crafted with shrewd expertise - read it before the inevitable screen adaptation

Unflinching, moving and very, very powerful

The clever and powerful psychological thriller everyone has been talking about . . . an unsettling, breathtaking and powerful read about obsession and our deepest fears that will stay with you long after you turn the final page

Audrain has the ability to mesmerise . . . heart-wrenching. A dark, pacy read

A compelling, visceral and bruising portrayal of motherhood that once read cannot ever be forgotten

A chilling and beautifully written novel that will strike dread into the heart of any new parent. The ending gave me goosebumps

A powerful debut about obsession and our deepest fears . . . will have you hooked

Exploring the dysfunctional lives of three generations of women, The Push deals with the way damage is handed down

A thought-provoking novel that delves deep into the emotional crevices of motherhood

Taut and gripping, this is a provocative look at motherhood

The Push is an unsettling and powerful read about obsession and our deepest fears that will stay with you long after you turn the final page

A gripping and vivid thriller . . . It's easy to understand why The Push has caught the attention of Hollywood film producers

Compelling

Remarkably told story which I couldn't put down. Deftly drawn characters...What a book! And the last line is creepy, haunting perfection

The danger that simmers throughout is so unbearably tense! A wonderful incisive look at maternal guilt ... the effect is staggering

Fasten your seatbelt because this book is a face paced, page turning, psychological drama that will have you on the edge of your seat until the very last line

Challenges the idyllic picture of motherhood, and will change what you know about being a mother. It is tenacious and really makes you think about what it's like when women aren't taken seriously

For fans of mum noir, The Push is an unsettling, breathtaking and powerful read about obsession and our deepest fears that will stay with you long after you turn the final page

This dark, psychological thriller offers such twists and turns that we start to doubt what we believe . . . And that sharp-intake-of-breath ending!

I didn't sleep for a week after I finished it, but that's a small price to pay for a great book

An unflinching examination of motherhood. Audrain lets no one in the Connor family off the hook, yet every character managed to elicit my sympathy. Brilliant, insightful, compassionate, and horrifying. I wish I could read it for the first time over and over. One of the best books I've read all year

One of the most talked-about books of the year. This nuanced psychological book will make you question the notion of nature vs nurture. Disturbing, painful and brilliant

This unsettling debut was so riveting it had me devouring pages and then reading slowly with widened eyes

Addictively readable . . . shines a disturbing light into the darkest recesses of motherhood

Compulsively readable

An unsettling, breathtaking and powerful read about obsession and our deepest fears that will stay with you long after you turn the final page.

A raw and visceral exploration of a mother-daughter relationship; a haunting and heartbreaking novel that will leave you thinking about it for days after you finish the last page