One of the triumvirate of new style British thriller writers, along with Jo Hayder and Mark Billingham, Simon Kernick excels yet again in this plot-driven suspenseful thriller cum chiller cum mystery who-dun-it.

Framed for a murder he didn’t commit, when our hero wakes beside the headless body of his girlfriend he has no choice other than to obey directions or be arrested for a murder he didn’t commit: he is led ever-deeper into a tangled web of death and betrayal.

Entrapment, psychological distortion, thrills and cheats, this story, set in 21st century London, has it all. Kernick is a master page-turner and atmospheric chiller writer – read and enjoy. ( )

A fast moving thriller a cracking good read ( )

Like Relentless, Kernick's previous novel I read, this book's speed of plot development keeps you turning the pages until the very end. A good read for a snowy Easter weekend! Good characterisation and authentic London locations keep the interest high as the body count mounts, most to fairly gruesome ends, but then from the opening page when Tyler find himself in bed with the headless corpse of his girlfriend, it comes as no great surprise this should be the case. Probably not one for the squeamish. ( )