XO

Jeffery Deaver is the creator of Lincoln Rhyme, and the award-winning author of 29 internationally bestselling thrillers, including the new James Bond novel CARTE BLANCHE. He lives in North Carolina. Visit his website, www.jefferydeaver.com, Facebook page, www.facebook.com/JefferyDeaver, and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/JefferyDeaver.

Excellent ... plenty of surprises and red herrings -- Publishers Weekly, starred review The most creative, skilled and intriguing thriller writer in the world ... [Deaver] has produced a stunning series of bestsellers with unique characterisation, intelligent characters, beguiling plots and double-barrelled and sometimes triple-barrelled solutions. -- Daily Telegraph The pace is terrific, the suspense inexorable, and there is an excellent climax ... If you want thrills, Deaver is your man. -- Guardian Jeffery Deaver is grand master of the ticking-clock thriller. -- Kathy Reichs One of the world's best plotters - his intricate twists and turns catch out even the hardened thriller reader ... This is a true master at work - elegant, assured, supremely crafted thriller writing at its very best -- Daily Mail The twists and turns of Deaver's plot leave lesser authors eating his dust. -- Sunday Herald Sun 'Deaver fans will relish XO's swift pace and the supreme, origami-like twists of its plot, and will note with approval a cameo from the author's more famous creation, the quadriplegic criminal psychologist Lincoln Rhyme'. -- The Age For suspense, leave it to Deaver. -- The Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin Deaver at his forensic best. -- The Courier Mail Leaves lesser thriller writers eating his dust. -- The Sunday Mail The grand master of the thriller genre has done it again with a ripping new Kathryn Dance novel. -- The Weekly The twists and turns of Deaver's plot leaves lesser authors eating his dust. -- Sunday Telegraph