"Cleave writes like the fine-tuned punches of a middleweight boxer--with short sharp jabs to the solar plexus that make you gasp. The Kiwi crime writer scores another knock-out punch with his latest novel . The pace and the carnage accelerate toward a climax lasting for several pages and leaving you breathless." -- Courier Mail - Brisbane "A gripping thriller. Trust No One draws us into a world where truth blends with delusion. This story of a writer losing his memory and bearings pulls us into a maze where fiction blurs into murder. I couldn't put it down."-- Meg Gardiner, Edgar award winning author, China Lake "Cleave's whirligig plot mesmerises.
" -- People Magazine "Edgar-finalist Cleave makes an implausible, but very creepy, premise work in this powerful, thought-provoking novel . impressive crime thriller." -- Publishers Weekly starred review on A Killer Harvest "Cleave, a master of dark and compelling thrillers, puts a moral spin on this twisting, chilling tale with its disturbing finale." -- Booklist on A Killer Harvest "This powerhouse novel plays with the subtexts at the core of the mystery genre." -- Booklist on Trust No One A vivid, jangled exploration of mental illness, dark imagination, and the nowhere territory in between . Cleave spins one nightmare scenario after another out of Jerry's homely malady, leaping with such fiendish élan between past and present tense and first-person, second-person, and third-person narration that you may wonder if you've killed someone yourself." -- Kirkus Reviews on Trust No One "[A] fiendishly twisted thriller . Cleave's masterful plotting skills are matched with superior pacing and characterization.
" -- Publishers Weekly starred review on Five Minutes Alone "[A] powerhouse of a tale. A gripping thriller from beginning to end." -- Booklist starred review on Five Minutes Alone "Cleave pulls out all the stops in his seventh Christchurch noir . [He] juggles all the elements with impressive ease. Darkly humorous references to horrific violence will resonate with Dexter fans." -- Publishers Weekly starred review on Joe Victim.