'I loved it hugely! Rebus is one of fiction's greatest creations.'
- Marian Keyes
'Phenomenal ... The ending is going to floor readers. Everyone is going to be talking about this!'
- Mick Herron
'Magnificent - beautifully written, clever - and what an ending!'
- Kate Mosse
'Peerless. Immaculately crafted, gripping, intricately textured. By turns wry, brutal, unflinching, heart-filled.'
- Sarah Vaughan
'The standout novel from one of the great storytellers of our generation ... The kind of ending you won't ever forget.'
- Chris Whitaker
'Ian Rankin is a genius'
- Lee Child
'Rebus is one of British crime writing's greatest characters: alongside Holmes, Poirot and Morse'
- Daily Mail
'Whatever he writes, it will be worth reading ... Rankin has redefined the genre'
- Guardian
'The arrival of a Rankin novel remains one of life's pleasures'
- Express
'Rankin is a phenomenon'
- Spectator
'Worthy of Agatha Christie at her best'
- Scotsman
'The king of crime fiction'
- Sunday Express
'Great fiction, full stop'
- The Times