A Traitor in the Family

[A] tale of sordid compromises and agonising choices ... beneath the betrayals and violence Searle's antihero's dilemma unleashes lies a moral message: even the hardest heart is made vulnerable by love'

Observer

A part-thriller, part-human condition novel that packs a tremendous punch

Financial Times on 'The Good Liar'

A taut, compulsive thriller with a dark, intriguing heart. A Mr Ripley for our time

Jonathan Freedland on 'The Good Liar'

An incredibly dark, taut thriller... Think of Ruth Rendell morphing into John le Carré

Daily Express on 'The Good Liar'

Searle shows a gift for complex plotting

Daily Telegraph on 'The Good Liar'

Unbearably tense... this is a snapshot of the real world from a man who has lived it

Daily Telegraph

The Good Liar was excellent but this book feels more personal and is even better

Sunday Express

Added to the fiendishly clever plot, Searle's writing is both drily amusing and elegantly crafted. An absolute treat of a book

Daily Mail on 'The Good Liar'

In its subtlety it reminded me strongly of John le Carré's wonderful A Small Town in Germany, which also brought home the delicate confusions that lie at the heart of those who work in the shadow of treachery. This is high praise

Daily Mail

Morally chewy and unbearably tense

Daily Telegraph

Nicholas Searle drew on his own background in intelligence to portray an IRA terrorist and his wife forced into different types of betrayal

Daily Mail Books of the Year

The follow-up to Searle's acclaimed 2015 debut The Good Liar, and the technical aspects of thriller writing are well handled as the tension builds on both sides

Guardian

This is one of those thrillers whose thrills come not just from a fast-paced plot, but also from the fact that we're being given privileged access to a hidden world

Reader's Digest