Patrick Lee is a huge talent and Runner is his best book yet - breathless, involving, smart, and completely convincing

Pure adrenaline rush . . . an action-packed novel brimming with complex characters as well as genuine heart. Not to be missed

An amazing, high speed, hi-octane novel than moves faster than most people can read. Rarely is a story both plot driven and character driven, but Runner does this and more.

I'm going to sue Patrick Lee for giving me whiplash: that's how furiously paced this book is. A terrific cast of characters, unrelenting action - strap in and enjoy the ride

A thriller done right. It literally begs to be read in one sitting . . . Patrick Lee is the real deal

WOW! Double Wow! Starkly original . . . mind-blowing

Audacious and terrifying - uncannily believable

Patrick Lee is in a word: Brilliant. Less a novel, than an adventure, it left me breathless and awed. It's explosive, innovative and ultimately mind-blowing. Pure exhilaration from the first page to the last

The real joy of the Serrailler series is Serrailler himself…rich in incident and intrigue

Nothing’s quite as it seems, except Hill's brilliantly compelling prose

A wonderful storyteller… she is also one of those rare crime writers whose books invite a second reading

Hill's Serrailler novels have developed into a series whose appeal stretches beyond their genre... The secret of Hill's narrative style is that she forces the readers to invest emotionally in her characters. And then she makes ghastly things happen to them... It sounds easy, but it isn't

The Simon Serrailler novels are in a league of their own; literate, detailed and full of drama - they stand head and shoulders above the majority of crime novels. This is the eighth novel in the series and is the darkest and most disturbing yet. It is also the best.

Kept me turning the pages, gripped

Although at times distressing, Hill tackles a difficult issue without losing any tension and the finale keeps the reader gripped until the last page

Never less than wholly absorbing

Highly unsettling

A tantalising mystery

Captures sinister atmosphere brilliantly