Maclean is a formidable writer, who takes simple ideas and turns them into compelling thrillers. In the recent Home Before Dark , Maclean takes on a subject I'm surprised hasn't been dealt with more: the internet chat room, which was one of the earliest attractions of online life and that has proven to be among the most dangerous. I'm a sucker for the twisting plot, and that's one of Maclean's specialities. Jeffery Deaver, writing in Guardian