'Remarkable... his characters are drawn with such realism that they step out of the pages and perform for you in your mind's eye.'

Bernard Knight, Tangled Web

'Subtle... chilling... the underlying themes of change, conflict, hidden worlds and inexplicable evil are a reminder that good fiction based on unsettling ideas can be as illuminating as any number of earnest documentaries.'

Richard Williamson, Sunday Mercury

'A suspenseful narrative, strong and credible characters... excellent on the unique atmosphere of the border and the tragi-comic tangle of the human condition. (Merrily's) job takes her into the darkest corners of other people's lives...let's just hope the TV series is even half as good as the books.'

Andrew Taylor, Crime Time

'Monumentally ambitious. Merrily links criminal, psychological, moral, sociological, spiritual and supernatural realms to dig deeper into evildoing just when most fictional sleuths would be calling it quits.''

Kirkus Reviews

'A milestone series. More elegant twists than a whirling dervish concert. Produces probably the best description of despair that you'll ever read outside of Macbeth's 'tomorrow and tomorrow' speech.'

John Whitbourn, SFX

'At the top of his powers as he weaves the horrible truth into his fictional setting, Never a jarring moment. Achieves a new level of integrated complexity and clarity. Certainly the best yet.'

Rick Kleffel, The Agony Column

'A first class writer. He has the great advantage, for a novelist, that he believes in and can portray good as well as evil.'

David McLaurin, Church Times

'Works brilliantly, combining mysticism, crime and the shadow of terrible real-life events whose influence does indeed linger.'

Julia Phillips, Pagan Times

This is the Cromwell Street novel--enough said.

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