McDermid"s ability to wrong-foot the reader remains second to none: highly recommended (Guardian) A psychological thriller, but it"s also a splendidly mordant comment on our fame culture and its consequences (The Times) McDermid handles the various strands of the story with consummate mastery, and the reader is swept along to the story"s genuinely shocking denouement (Irish Independent) This is a gripping psychological thriller from the beginning to the unexpected ending. A first class novel and McDermid"s best to date (Woman"s Way Ireland) Intelligent and hypnotically readable . . . entertaining and thought-provoking book (Spectator) A gripping tale (Choice) An efficiently crafted psychological thriller with an ending that knocks you sideways (Independent on Sunday)