Dark Matter

A thrilling read as well as a terrific mental workout

Laura Wilson, Guardian

Zeh constructs an impressive matrix of information for each of her key players and provides descriptions that are vivid and original ... Her often unexpected imagery is precise and pithy ... this philosophical thriller is well paced; one turns the pages impatient for the denouement

Times Literary Supplement

Dark Matter by Juli Zeh - a much-acclaimed German writer - is the kind of crime novel often described as philosophical, literary, psychological or even intellectual...That is no bad thing, but only if well executed, as Dark Matter undoubtedly is...Unusual and intriguing

Marcel Berlins, The Times

A compulsive read ... ingenious and deftly-handled

New Humanist

One might think that such perfection, such erudition must leave the reader untouched...but it does not. For that, Zeh's labyrinth is built too cleverly, its corridors are adorned with witty elements, her sentences are of extraordinary brilliance

Die Welt

A compelling novel, thrilling yet profound...This book makes for a wonderful read, gripping until the last page. A masterpiece!

Financial Times Deutschland

An intelligent an beautifully crafted existential thriller ... Zeh's lyricism and intellect lend the book a depth often lacking in mainstream thrillers

Big Issue

It is certainly the best novel I've read so far this year, and should mark Zeh as one of Europe's brightest younger novelists

Crime Time

A clever and truly entertaining read

The Independent

Interesting and original novel

Literary Review

Clever and gripping

Boyd Tonkin, Independent Summer Reads

Every chapter is taut, suspenseful, almost Hitchcock-esque. Zeh's style is fluent but also elegantly sparse... An absolute gem of a book.

The Bookbag

From every angle - character study, philosophical discussion or straightforward plot - it shines with crystalline intensity, and so far as one can tell, nothing is lost in the translation. Complex and supremely elegant, this is a book to relish

Joanna Hines, Guardian

This is a book and a half

Giles Broadbent, Wharf