Brilliant from start to finish

Woman's Own

Its missing-child scenario proves that Watt's standalones are every bit as adroitly constructed and absorbing as her series novels

Financial Times

An emotional, electrifying thriller that will have you hooked

Psychologies

Heart-stopping ... a deeply felt, superb novel about female vulnerability, motherhood and the way man hands on inhumanity to man

Literary Review

An ingenious hook, expertly developed and carried through in a typically propulsive, intelligent read. Watt manages to take the most disturbing of subjects and avoid making it feel exploitative or mawkish. Her love of Dartmoor - wild and secretive - shines through, even as we understand its danger, but it was the sense of past traumas impacting on the present that struck me in this cat-and-mouse read

Sarah Vaughan, author of Anatomy of a Scandal and Reputation

In Holly Watt's electrifying new novel, The Good Listener, she manages the near-impossible feat of balancing a heartbreaking and original premise with edge-of-the-seat suspense. Bold in style and beautifully written, grieving mother Clara Brennan is a protagonist to root for, and this rare gem of a thriller deserves to rocket to the top of your reading list

Fiona Cummins, author of The Neighbour and Into the Dark