Best thriller books of 2023 . . . What impresses is the brainy brio of Gómez-Jurado's storytelling, as well as his striking depiction of Madrid as two cities, an elegant baroque facade concealing a gothic underworld * Sunday Times * Red Queen is one of the most extravagantly entertaining novels Ive ever read. Sprinting from spectacular surprise to even-more-spectacular surprise; whirling from one crisply textured character to the next . . . it's an electrifying serial-killer thriller, a fiendishly clever puzzle mystery, and a sensitive portrait of a fascinating young woman. Red Queen tops even The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as a thinking readers thriller, and Antonia Scott is like a more sympathetic Lisbeth Salander. I loved every word. -- A.J. Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window A Spanish spin on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo . . . stylish and stylised . . . A female Sherlock Holmes * The Times * Often compared with Lisbeth Salander from The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Antonia Scott looks destined to leave every bit as lasting an impression. * Daily Mail * What Gómez-Jurado excels at, as conveyed in Nick Caistors brisk translation, is pacing of the breakneck variety. Short chapters, funny asides, lethally potent descriptions: They all contribute to a frenetic page-turning momentum . .. youll have great fun reading it. * New York Times * Fast paced, memorable characters and a cinematic story that draws you in hook, line and sinker. I cant wait to get my hands on the next in the series. -- John Marrs, author of The One A labyrinth of mystery, crisply plotted and paced, way ahead of the pack. -- Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Kaiser's Web Nail-biting . . . tantalizing . . . Lizbeth Salander fans will find much to like. * Publishers Weekly * Engaging and heartbreaking, witty and wry and immersive . . . Juan Gómez-Jurado has written an instant classic -- Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today bestselling author of Her Perfect Life The most compelling and original detective since Lisbeth Salander * The Times South Africa *
