'Gripping...Gleeson's evocation of the period is meticulously researched and her plotting is neat and controlled...a good yarn'

An irresistible follow-up to acclaimed THE GRENADILLO BOX:
'Colourful and wildly entertaining...A wonderful read'

'As attractively crafted as the box itself'

'A delicious five-course banquet: a murder mystery is succeeded by an abandoned infant weepie, a love story, a social history and, finally, a richly flavoured, full-bodied, 18th-century whodunnit...You'll be kept guessing right up until the last page in this splendid novel'

'A compulsive page-turner which will appeal especially to anyone who was spellbound by Charles Palliser's The Quincunx'

'Masterful...the sheer weight of events carries you on...a cheerful whodunnit'

'An auspicious fiction début...engaging and enjoyable'

'A delicious tale of crime'

Full of Chippendale-style hidden compartments...her narrative is absolutely enchanting'

'An emotionally-wrought novel, in turn lyrical and violent, fable-like and gutsy, in which many of its characters are on a quest to find out who they really are'

'A claustrophobically tense novel, Wide Eyed combines Nicoll's profound love of the Scottish landscape and its people with a journalist's eye for topicality...a writer who intends to become as prominent a part of the literary landscape as the cliffs and mountains from which he draws his inspiration'