[Pearl's] clever final twist will surprise the general reader, and please Stevenson scholars -- Janette Currie * Independent on Sunday * A historical jigsaw puzzle of literary larceny, deception, and derring-do...richly imagined * Boston Globe * A mixture of a classic heist and literary history lesson; the whole Victorian world of letters is cleverly and wittily reimagined -- Kate Saunders * The Times * Masterly story-telling * Daily Mail * An ingenious thriller * Sunday Times *