The Bedlam Detective

Only bad thing about his books is that they eventually end. Brilliant.

Jonny Lee Miller

Stephen Gallagher shows the occult mystery in its best light

New York Times Book Review

Perhaps the finest...British thriller writer

GQ

Gallagher has quietly become Britain's finest popular novelist, working a dark seam between horror and the psychological thriller

Arena

The finest British writer of bestselling popular fiction since le Carre... Gallagher, like le Carre, is a novelist whose themes seem to reflect something of the essence of our times, whose skill lies in embedding those themes in accessible plots

The Independent

Masterful whodunit…Gallagher’s superior storytelling talents bode well for future adventures starring the well-rounded Becker

Publishers Weekly, starred review

[a] superbly crafted thriller … Gallagher loves character development but respects plotting enough to give it full measure. The result is that rare beast, a literary page turner.

Kirkus

I’m not sure I can do this book justice — it’s certainly a thriller, but with a literary depth unusual in the genre, and fascinating in the complexity of its construct. Gallagher’s prose is swift, sure, and occasionally darkly comedic. Three words of advice: read this book.

Historical Novel Society