Once again Deighton has woven an intricate and satisfying plot, peopled it with convincing characters and even managed to give a new twist or two to the spy story. But then he is a master of the form.

Len Deighton is the Flaubert of the contemporary thriller writers.

Deighton's outstanding achievement is the nine-volume series chronicling the life and times of Bernard Samson ... Deighton's Samson trilogies are as much about the elusiveness of human interactions as espionage. Spying is not a secret world sealed off from ordinary life but an extension of the world we all live in.

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

The self-conscious cool of Deighton's writing has dated in the best way possible ... Stone-cold Cold War classic.

Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers

If you liked Wallander you'll enjoy this too

Jørn Lier Horst writes literary crime with high credibility and keen-eyed societal depictions - he's Norway's own Henning Mankell

Impeccably crafted police procedural

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.