“A fabulous romp of a novel”
“Subversive, feminist and a real breath of fresh air.”
“Another excellent psychological thriller from the queen of this genre.”
“A jaw-dropping ending that left me spinning!…Its gripping and compelling plot had me hooked from the very first page.”
“This book had me on the edge of my seat the whole time! I didn’t know which way to think or what was going to happen…”
“Definitely a 'must read' not only for those who like psychological thrillers but also for those who enjoy a well-written book.”
“I honestly didn’t see that twist coming but my shock at that twist was nothing compared to how I felt when I got to the final…”
“A thriller full of suspense…If you like a book that hooks you and keeps you on the edge of your seat this one is for you.”
“The twists and turns that follow will make you giddy. And the outcome is totally unexpected.”
“The twists and turns kept me guessing, and the conclusion was shocking and completely unexpected.”
“It is one of those books that you just want to tell everyone about…Brilliant!”
“A classic whodunnit that you won’t be able to put down”
“Eerie yet enthralling….Clue after clue leads Kate to a bone-chilling discovery: that danger is much closer to home than she realizes.”
“Like her two previous bestselling novels, The Widow and The Child, Barton's latest thriller is masterfully written, expertly plotted, and skillfully paced… Barton creates a twisty…”
“A gripping, stylish thriller”
“What a page turner! Fiona Barton’s first two novels, The Widow and The Child were superb reads, but The Suspect surpasses them both in tension and…”
“A nail-biting tale of missing teens and the parents who worry for them. Fiona Barton’s first two novels, The Widow and The Child, were international bestsellers.…”
“Fiona Barton unfurls a tense story with brilliant use of flashbacks and face-slapping revelations. Her experience as a national newspaper journalist makes for authenticity and brilliant…”
“Toggling between Thailand and the UK, with alternating viewpoints from Kate, Sparkes, Alex’s mum and Alex herself, in the form of her journal, this fast-paced, skilfully…”
“Barton handles the complicated resulting interplay of voices deftly, and is just as convincing in getting inside the teenager’s head as she is when portraying the…”
“Barton brings a hard-nosed efficiency to her storytelling, which is propulsive…the hostel scenes, populated by vulnerable teens teetering on the cusp of adulthood, have a sparking…”
“Utterly engrossing…I lived inside this book for two days—and I’m still thinking about it. Superb!”
“In The Suspect, Fiona Barton has created a beautifully crafted and intricate novel where we see every situation from…”
“An utterly compelling and emotional read full of suspense and intrigue. I didn’t want it to end.”
“Intelligent, insightful and compelling. A clever, twisting whodunnit that delivers an emotional punch. I loved it.”
“The current high standing of the genre [psychological suspense] is due to such writers as the skilful Fiona Barton…As in The Widow, Barton has the full…”
“The exceedingly twisty tale…will test Kate, and her painfully conflicting loyalties, to the limit. Barton’s many fans will be rewarded.”
“Fiona Barton has taken a nightmarish scenario and woven it into a dark and twisty tale that sees tenacious journalist Kate Waters at her puzzle-solving best.…”
“In The Suspect, Fiona Barton has created a beautifully crafted and intricate novel where we see every situation from every perspective until her final twist of…”
“Fiona Barton is a master of “just one more chapter” and kept me reading late into the night, unable to look away. The Suspect is a…”
“Wow, Fiona Barton really knows her stuff; The Suspect is utterly authentic, terrifyingly plausible and an absolute heartbreaker.”
“A fast-paced whodunnit with heart, characters I feel I know and a deliciously dark twist. Superb writing, often blackly funny, and a scene that made me…”
“She tells her tale with a realism and restraint that add to its shattering impact.”
“A gripping psychological thriller with an unusual premise – just how much does the widow of a suspected kidnapper and paedophile know about what he is…”
“The ultimate psychological thriller. Barton carefully unspools this dark, intimate tale of a terrible crime, a stifling marriage, and the lies spouses tell not just to…”
“Stunning from start to finish. I devoured it in one sitting. The best book I’ve read this year. If you liked GONE GIRL, you’ll love this.”
“If you liked GONE GIRL and THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, you might want to pick up THE WIDOW by Fiona Barton. Engrossing. Suspenseful.”
“A fabulous story, for weaving such a brilliant plot and for twisty-turny fooling me YET AGAIN”
“Fiona Barton has masterfully delivered again with “The Child,” her follow-up to her bestselling debut novel, The Widow. It’s easy to see that Barton spent time…”
“A gruesome discovery under a London house drives journalist Kate Waters to pursue a missing-baby story, but, this being a Barton thriller, there’s more to pretty…”
“A twisty and tantalizing story you won’t be able to put down.”
“The discovery of a skeleton changes three women’s lives in this satisfying mystery. The three—a reporter, a troubled editor and the mother of a newborn kidnapped…”
“The main character Kate’s tenacity to uncover the truth is the driving force behind the plot. Every couple of chapters Barton kicks the novel’s suspense into…”
“Gripping…you can almost sense the thrill of the chase here and Kate become more determined to uncover the truth. But Barton is just as interested in…”
“This new thriller underlines her exceptional ability to sustain a striking story from first page to last… a twisty and satisfying plot.”
“A shocking and suspenseful story full of refreshingly unexpected twists.”
“Fiona Barton’s debut novel The Widow was a bestseller last year and her second psychological thriller deserves to follow suit. It is gruesomely compelling, mawkish and…”
“A pacy and satisfyingly serpentine thriller”
“Barton flirts with melodrama at times but pulls back and allows her characters to develop into fully realized, deeply scarred women whose wounds aren’t always visible.…”
“Barton’s second well-plotted outing, with its sustained tension and believable characters, is an excellent addition to the popular psychological thriller genre. Readers who liked Barton’s first…”
“A lightning-paced, twisty story with an ending so surprising you might have to read it twice.”
“Arriving just in time for summer, Fiona Barton’s The Child is a perfect blend of beach read and book club selection… In addition to being a…”
“I loved The Widow, but Fiona Barton has truly outdone herself in her gripping and wonderfully written second novel. Like any great thriller, it takes you…”
“Fiona Barton has outdone herself with The Child. An engrossing, irresistible story about the coming to light of a long-buried secret and an absolutely fabulous read—I…”
“This gripping story kept me guessing to the end. I loved it! Barton treats her broken characters with such compassion that I wanted to reach into…”
“Tense, tantalising, and ultimately very satisfying…definitely one of the year’s must-reads.”
“Clever and compelling. You’ll love THE CHILD.”
“Mordantly funny, flinchingly well-observed… A smart, zeitgeisty, and caustically funny read, it has characters you root for. More than that, however, Bourne holds a mirror up…”
“A smart, witty and perceptive novel; Bourne is razor-sharp on friendship, self-image and self-deception”
“Authentic, funny and utterly relatable; this book gave me all of the feelings. This generation's Bridget Jones!”
“This book is so good, and so honest about being a woman.”
“Bourne has written a truly sparkling portrayal of a best friendship here…[she] has a native eye for millennial angst…truly a f***ing good novel.”
“A Bridget Jones for millennials… injected with such reality it can’t help but be hilarious…If you want to know what it feels like to be a…”
“A very funny novel that lives up to its hype”
“A book that pulls the reader in from the outset and keeps us guessing all the way to the incredible…”
“A fantastic contemporary YA romance with a dark edge – I read it in one sitting!”
“SOULMATES is a book about first love. It's about how it feels to have an instantaneous…”
“With its winning humour, strong characters and considered plot, this is a book that really does…”
“As British as Bridget Jones and laugh out loud funny in parts…Soulmates is an impressive debut novel and a…”
“Thrilling… a gripping tale set in a convincing historical context.”
“Reminded me of Gorky Park, only I liked this tense, complex thriller even better”
“A highly assured and entertaining debut… Arkady Renko may have a true heir.”
“An impressive debut historical thriller.”
“A worthy successor to Cruz Smith’s Arkady Renko… a fine and often moving thriller.”
“A former crime reporter, Daugherty […] nails the newsroom culture, from the humorous banter to the serious work, and shows how layoffs and cutbacks have affected…”
“The author of the best-selling YA “Night School” series marks her adult fiction debut with a spine-tingling, gritty mystery. Fans of Hank Phillippi Ryan and Michael…”
“I thoroughly enjoyed this gripping story. A brilliant mix of crime, thriller and suspense that kept my interest throughout. What a fabulous character Harper McClain is!…”
“An engrossing, multi-faceted mystery with snappy dialogue, a well-drawn cast of characters and a sizzling romantic subplot”
“Daugherty uses her experience as a crime reporter to create a pulse-pounding combination of mystery and suspense that hints at a welcome follow-up.”
“Hot as a Savannah summer, The Echo Killing reels the reader in with a skilful build-up of tension until you are sent hurtling towards a nerve-shredding…”
“The Echo Killing had me gripped from the start. Harper McClain ranks alongside the best investigative reporters in fiction. I loved her.”
“A taut, tightly-woven mystery set in the simmering heat of Savannah. This one kept me guessing till the very end . . . and then left…”
“Christi Daugherty weaves a highly entertaining story of suspense and intrigue in the mysteriously evocative setting of Savannah, Georgia. Wrought with wonderfully alive characters and a…”
“I don't remember breathing the whole time I read The Echo Killing. Christi Daugherty has poured her own experience as a crime writer into a taut…”
“With her newspaper background, Daugherty is the perfect champion for her crime reporting protagonist in The Echo Killing. This is a thriller that's excruciatingly suspenseful, drenched…”
“A smart, tough, emotionally bruising portrayal of what murder means when it's up close and personal. A terrific book. Brava.”
“THE ECHO KILLING won me over utterly, from its lush southern setting, to the determined, vulnerable Harper and her dogged search for the truth.”
“Perhaps one of the best psychological thrillers released this year…the pace of the suspenseful thriller never dips. Every thread is developed well and tied up neatly.…”
“I literally couldn't put it down”
“A twisty psychological thriller. I raced through it in one sitting!”
“My Sister’s Bones is a tense, atmospheric, deliciously dark story”
“Ellwood’s protagonist Kate is a female hero in the best sense, flawed but brave”
“An accomplished and page-turning thriller. It twists and turns in so many directions it’s impossible to guess where it’s going next”
“A stunning book. Compelling, unsettling and powerful this is a book that will stay with me for a long time.”
“A gripping rollercoaster ride of a thriller”
“Compelling … Brimful of tension, twists and darkness, this one grabbed me on the first page and didn’t let go”
“For lovers of The Girl on the Train …a tense story with multiple twists and turns”
