'An absorbing novel, one of her best' The Times
'Val McDermid is a born storyteller... absorbing reading' Sunday Telegraph
'A searing piece ... McDermid orchestrates the tension with authority... After reading McDermid's novel, readers may wish that more crime fiction would have the guts to take on serious issues' Express
'Torture, warped psyches, unspeakable cellars: Val McDermid sends you to bed with lights blazing' Sunday Times
'One of the best modern writers of crime fiction ... Excellent' Scotland on Sunday
'Val McDermid is a born storyteller... absorbing reading' Sunday Telegraph
'A searing piece ... McDermid orchestrates the tension with authority... After reading McDermid's novel, readers may wish that more crime fiction would have the guts to take on serious issues' Express
'Torture, warped psyches, unspeakable cellars: Val McDermid sends you to bed with lights blazing' Sunday Times
'One of the best modern writers of crime fiction ... Excellent' Scotland on Sunday