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"CASE HISTORIES is so exuberant, so empathetic, that it makes most murder-mystery page-turners feel as lifeless as the corpses they're strewn with."- Jacqueline Carey, New York Times Book Review "One of the most enjoyable books in a long time."- Leslie McGill, Kansas City Star CASE HISTORIES winds up having more depth and vividness than ordinary thrillers and more thrills than ordinary fiction."- Janet Maslin, New York Times "Grabs hold of the reader and doesn't let go. I defy any reader not to feel a combination of delight and amazement."- Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly

massive and consistent talent for comedy * The Scotsman * Intriguing and affecting."Not just the best novel I read this year, but the best mystery of the decade. Everyone who picks it up will feel compelled to follow it through to the last page * Guardian * Brilliantly playful, witty and original.

more satisfying than many detective novels. It's the sort of novel you have to start rereading the minute you've finished it * Guardian * Sharp humour, together with a number of unexpected twists makes this a typically pacey and intelligent read * Daily Mail * A greedy feast of a story by a masterful author.A profound, exciting and lingering read * Daily Express * Triumphant.Her best book yet.A tragi-comedy for our times * Sunday Telegraph * To read it is to enter a hall of mirrors.Part complex family drama, part mystery, it winds up having more depth and vividness than ordinary thrillers and more thrills than ordinary fiction.A wonderfully tricky book * New York Times * As satisfying as anything dreamed up by Raymond Chandler, but the beauty of the novel lies in its spot-on characterizations, pitch perfect observations of contemporary culture and a sharp, wisecracking narrative voice * Time Out * Shot through with sharp, black humour, and introducing a loveable hero in Brodie, this is storytelling that satisfies at every level * Marie Claire (Book of the Month) * Atkinson is very good indeed. Her best book yet, an astonishingly complex and moving literary detective story that made me sob but also snort with laughter.