A. J. Kirby

“. . . a fascinating read—sometimes terrifying, often witty, always engagingly written.”

“. . . that rarest of creatures: an intelligent and original lycanthrope novel. Perhaps the great werewolf novel.”

“. . . compulsive and engaging, . . . crackles with energy and wit . . .”

“. . . in How Literature Saved My Life, Mr. Shields has written a great book—and one that matters.”

“Tom Wolfe has still got it. . . He presents the American Dream as it is today. And he does it very, very well.”

“Wish You Were Here is a novel full of yearning for tradition and history. For what England has lost.”

“. . . a heavenly book, a stellar achievement by a debut novelist . . . gleams with vitality, . . . sparkles with wit.”

“From an excellent premise, Mr.

“Vulture Peak is a modern morality tale with all the requisite bells and whistles and much more: a salutary warning for the Internet age.

“Sorry has all the ingredients to make it a compulsive read. It’s slick, chock full of twists and turns, and dripping with narrative thrust and intrigue. . . .

“In Last Man in Tower, it is immediately apparent that author Adiga’s writing has matured.

“Good writing can be so revolutionary that often it is not recognized in its own time.

“. . . head-spinning, rope-clutching, canvas gnashing . . . a hilarious contemporary farce, . . . genuinely hilarious. . . .

Take note of this novel as you’re sure to hear about it again over the coming months.

On May 11 2010, the curtain well and truly rose on Stefanie Pintoff’s burgeoning crime fiction career, pulling her out of the shadows and into the limelight.

Pirates. Fast cars. Billionaire playboys. Boats. Guns and gun-smugglers. Explosions “fifty-five times more powerful than the bomb . . . dropped on Hiroshima.” Sex. Helicopters. Terrorists.

Nicholas Evans is not a prolific writer. Not when compared to other writers of a similar standing who, like he, can generally be counted upon to shift a good number of books.

“We hear of crimes so horrific they provoke anger and disbelief in equal proportions . . . These are the ugly manifestations of a society that is becoming unworthy of that name.”

Inheritance: n.
1. The act of inheriting.
2. The biological process of genetic transference of characteristics from parents to offspring.

Sean Ferrell’s daring first novel, Numb, is a Barthian fable which endeavors to chart a course through the murky waters of sensory overload in the modern world.