More gripping than Action Man's hands

As ever, Kernick’s research is impeccable. The plotting is brilliant and makes for a tense, action-packed read

Another Kernick cracker; he never lets you down

Kernick delivers his book like a runaway locomotive without brakes. This is another cracking read from a great author.

Pace, pace, pace is what Simon Kernick does best.

Simon Kernick writes great plots, great characters, great action.

Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight!

From the first line, Simon Kernick knows how to get a thriller shifting, and he doesn't let up until the very last

Simon Kernick uses every trick in the book to keep the action breakneck.

Snappy chapters, tense scenes and no holds barred action sequences - I read this novel in a very short time and it gave me a real “wow” feeling.

Part Lisbeth Salander, part Jason Bourne, Munroe comes out swinging hard again. . . . A gritty, suspenseful novel.

Settings don’t come much more Gothic than Wreaking, the derelict, decaying...psychiatric hospital of James Scudamore’s striking third novel

This is the work of a writer totally at ease with, and confident in, his powers. A wonderfully assured novel with scope and ambition and with enough of a mystery at its heart to keep the reader hooked till the end

We are left with the characters in our heads for days, and the sense of unease that Scudamore cleverly conjures up

A twisted, unsettling tale of family lies and lonely souls

An immersion in the physical and psychic ruins of a contemporary Britain which enchants and disturbs, lures and repels. The inner poetry and descriptive mastery of James Scudamore's Wreaking are riches which cannot be forgotten. If you only read one novel in coming times, make it this astonishing and deeply moving chronicle

This is an impressive work from the critically acclaimed author of Heliopolis