Whatever Gets You Through the Night

Charlie Higson coming back to the world of adult thrillers is a major event. And what a comeback. Higson's new thriller will certainly get you through the night, though you may not get a lot of sleep... -- Mark Billingham A hugely enjoyable sun-soaked thriller: hard-edged but warm, tense but funny, vividly ultra-modern and yet deliciously old-fashioned -- Christopher Brookmyre Whatever Gets You Through the Night marks the return to adult fiction of Charlie Higson. Set on the sun-soaked island of Corfu, it dives into the darkness beneath the surface of the Mediterranean idyll. * Daily Mail * '...the links between these components tighten in a richly satisfying way, until the book reaches an exhilarating extended climax at a spectacular party thrown by Hepworth to show everyone how great he is...' * Readers Digest * This hectic, helter-skelter thriller is what his adult fans have been waiting for all this time * Sunday Times * Rather more upbeat, and with far better weather, is Charlie Higson's return to crime fiction for grownups. . . It's loud, bright, fast and funny - a perfect read for a dreary month. -- Laura Wilson * The Guardian, Books of the Month * Higson is a terrific thriller writer. . . Tense yet funny, too * The i * A triumphant return to adult fare from the Young Bond author. -- Barry Forshaw * Financial Times * [Higson's] exuberant novel pulls off the Hiaasen trick of absorbing dark themes yet remaining a hugely entertaining read * Sunday Times * Higson, author of the Young Bond kids' books, makes a fresh, funny return to adult themes with this slick satirical thriller. * The Sun * The chaotic and exciting denouement is brilliantly executed and funny... Higson is so good at what he does * Literary Review * Delivers the atmosphere of a classic Sixties thriller in a contemporary setting, peering into the dark underbelly of a sunny Med holiday spot -- Books of the Year * Daily Express *