From the prolific pen of Susan Lewis, Out of the Shadows has all the hallmarks of Cinderella about it...Lewis has a certain knack of frustrating the reader almost to screaming point. For me, this is what succeeded in giving it the dark edge needed for a story that transpired to be anything but a fairytale...An all round four stars

One of the best around

Expertly written to brew an atmosphere of foreboding ... an irresistible blend of intrigue and passion, and the consequences of secrets and betrayal

Spellbinding!

Mystery and romance par excellence

You don't have to have been there; if you're willing, he'll take you there

The pioneering work in a genre you'd have to call psychedelic Noir ...Who writes sentences as beautiful as Pynchon?

Pynchon leaves the rest of the American literary establishment at the starting gate...the range over which he moves is extraordinary, not simply in terms of ideas explored but also in the range of emotions he takes you through

The most important and mysterious writer of his generation

A warm and joyous read. There is softness about this book, but also a tinge of melancholy

'A scandalously good read'

Brilliant

An enjoyably black and bracingly unsentimental novel

Brilliant black comedy