Have you read Finders Keepers yet? If not, you should, but you don’t need to take our word for it, as it has also seriously impressed the critics:

‘Surprise, of course, is the most potent aspect of suspense. And Belinda Bauer knows exactly how to manipulate that element, right until the very end. What’s more, in three stunning, variously linked novels in just three years, she’s shown, not just how to keep surprise bubbling explosively away, but to do it with extraordinary dexterity, maturity and feeling… This is the brilliant end of an outstanding trilogy.’ DAILY MIRROR 

‘Bauer has established a reputation for plunging her characters into unimaginable gore. Her third novel easily matches her previous efforts, exposing village bobby Jonas Holly…to events unprecedented in British crime fiction. The British countryside has never appeared so alien or so macabre.’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘Finders Keepers has an enjoyably creepy premise… But it’s the book’s humour that really shines. Bauer reveals her Gold Dagger-winning writing credentials in her neat skewering of everyday pomposities and her wry asides.’ THE OBSERVER

‘Belinda Bauer’s third book represents a remarkable achievement: almost a return to the good old Victorian triple-decker novel of suspense, but created with a deftness that allows each book to stand alone…The story rushes along on a tide of suspense, but creates a plausible cast of characters, including Steven’s harsh and twisted family, from whom he is at last extracting some elements of reluctant affection. The solidity of this background, and the brisk actuality of Bauer’s observation, give the macabre events centre-stage a hellish reality.’ THE INDEPENDENT

Icarus, a new short story by Belinda Bauer has been published in The Daily Mirror. Click here for a festive read!

For those of you yet to grab a copy, Stylist Magazine’s Summer Fiction Special includes Belinda Bauer’s never-before-seen short story - Everything Must Go.

Stylist: ‘Bauer is one of the leading names in crime fiction. This year, Darkside, a literary thriller about the hunt for a killer was a big hit. She wrote Everything Must Go after a trip to Ikea. “I don’t have children but it looks relentless,” she explains. “This story was inspired by a visit to Ikea with my sister and her daughter, and my neighbours, who have twins.”’

And the great news is that you can read it HERE!

Make sure you pick up a copy today and read this exclusive short story for yourselves!

An unmissable date for your diary – Stylist.co.uk is hosting a webchat with Belinda on Friday 1st April from 1-2pm.

This is your chance to talk to Belinda about what inspires her, how she develops her characters, and your own dreams about writing!

Find out more

Reads reviews for Darkside.

‘She’s a thriller queen… hailed as the woman most likely to lead the fightback against the Scandinavian crime-wave… It’s an extraordinary piece of writing… with a stunning denouement… The result is one of the most gripping whodunnits you’ll read in 2011’

- Sunday Times (Culture Magazine)

Read reviews for Blacklands.

With this extraordinarily powerful and provocative debut, Belinda Bauer has shifted the boundaries of what makes a truly gripping, terrifying thriller. Imagine Thomas Harris crossed with Kate Atkinson and you still won’t be close…Right from the start you know you are reading something both new and with real guts…will leave you breathless.

- Henry Sutton, Daily Mirror