Elsevier: * * * * *  “Esther Gerritsen pierces her characters”

Knack: * * * * * “The author grabs you by the throat”

NRC: * * * *  “Rarely does a crime plot work so well in a literary novel”

Tzum: “It is about time for a prestigious award for Esther Gerritsen”

Het Parool: “The disadvantage of writing a great novel every two years, always slightly stronger than the predecessor, is that the next one has to be even better. To stand still is to decline, which within such a regular, powerful oeuvre would be immediately noticed.You can imagine that it makes one despondent: having to surpass yourself time and time again, the bar always set even higher. There are writers who get stuck for less, or who take a deserved break from novels of eight years or so. Fortunately, Esther Gerritsen has found a nice alternative. Two years after the astonishing The Comforter, she just continues her strong series, and comes up with a novel – her eighth – that is even better. A new highlight in an oeuvre that you could call unemphatically overwhelming. Gerritsen is hypothermic and self-assured, remains in the background herself, while her tone and her gaze resonate in every paragraph.“

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