'Excellent ... I won't give anything else away as the discoveries are part of the joy, but I was engrossed in this high-concept thriller and can't wait to see what Turton does next'
- Observer
'A mind-bending, genre-blending, boy-that-ending mystery unlike any I've ever read ... I feel, as I read a Turton book, like I'm watching a rocket erupt from the launchpad -- I've got a grin on my face and my heart in my throat'
- A. J. Finn
'This story will grip your attention until the very last page and is sure to be another bestseller'
- Glamour
'A smart and suspenseful page-turner'
- SFX
'This startlingly original slice of dystopia also serves up a compelling mystery. Genius'
- Heat
'If you have ever had the experience of reading a Stuart Turton novel, you will know what it is like to have your brain fried - in the very best way'
- i
'Turton (The Devil and the Dark Water) continues playing fast and loose with genre boundaries in this dazzling postapocalyptic thriller that blossoms into a race against time whodunit . . . This dystopian detective story fires on all cylinders'
- Publisher's Weekly
'Even better than The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. Turton's cemented his reputation as the king of the mind-blowing mystery'
- Gareth Rubin, author of Sunday Times bestseller, The Turnglass
'An extraordinary novel. Midsommar meets Station Eleven meets The Mist meets a fresh post-apocalyptic murder mystery. Audacious and utterly mind-blowing. Stu Turton is one of the most inventive writers working today'
- Will Dean