Press Reviews

• Peter James

  Sarah Hilary writes beautifully and unflinchingly; a dark, disturbing and thought-provoking chiller of a thriller

• The Times

  Sarah Hilary's debut, Someone Else's Skin,was widely acclaimed and won lots of awards. Quieter Than Killing, her fourth, is even more impressive, and DI Marnie Rome is up there in the top division of fictional female detectives

• Sunday Express, S Magazine

  The most poignant entry in the series so far

• Book Oxygen

  Well written, well researched and full of issues that set you thinking, Quieter Than Killing is as impressive as it is gripping

• Observer, Thriller of the Month

  Hilary belts out a corker of a story, all wrapped up in her vivid, effortless prose. If you're not reading this series of London-set police procedurals then you need to start right away

• Daily Express

  Hilary writes with a menacing intensity...[a] dark, atmospheric novel layered with complexities, keeping the reader guessing throughout and its twist will undoubtedly take your breath away. You will finish the book desperate to read more.

• Woman & Home

  Masterful

• Julia Crouch

  It's meaty, dark and terrifying. Unflinchingly violent and beautifully big-hearted in equal measure. And Sarah's writing is glorious - she tells us things in new ways, gives us a fully fleshed, sensual world to inhabit for the novel

• Caro Ramsay

  I think it must be one of the debut novels of next year, if not THE debut novel... (It will be if there is any justice in the world!)

• Cath Staincliffe

  Intelligently and fluently written with a clever plot and an energetic pace, dealing with harrowing topics and shot through with humanity, I think Sarah's onto a winning series and I really look forward to reading the next instalment

• Steven Dunne

  It's written with the verve and assurance of a future star and deserves to be a big hit

• Helen Dunmore

  It has such pace and force. It's very disturbing and builds up to a terrific climax

• Richard Jones of Bristol Review of Books

  I finished it today and it's completely brilliant, complex, thrilling, brutal, tender, scary and intriguing. What a great book. The pacing is superb, the plot is compelling, the characters are so well drawn. The ending is ingenious

• Alex Marwood

  Hilary is my drop-everything writer; always original, always bang-on psychologically, always gripping. I am a huge fan

• Lizlovesbooks

  Descriptively chilling, completely addictive and with a set of characters and storylines that just dig deep into your subconscious and stay there. Sarah Hilary, with the Marnie Rome series, is without doubt one of the top UK crime writers working today

• Mick Herron

  It's dark, it's brilliant, and it tightens like a noose. Sarah Hilary is downright dangerous.

• Tracy Fenton, Founder of THE Book Club and www.compulsivereaders.com

  Another tense and chilling book by one of my favourite authors. I was up way past my bedtime devouring each page

• Cath Staincliffe

  A compelling read, emotionally intense and intelligent. I love her fierce, flawed characters

• Angela Clarke

  As tense, twisty, tremendous as ever, Sarah Hilary's QUIETER THAN KILLING nails it

• Jane Casey

  Hilary's writing is as precise and deadly as a fine blade. Quieter Than Killing is by turns terrifying and tender, with a twisty, gripping plot where no good deed goes unpunished. This is a fine addition to a superb series