What an excellent read. Full of bodies, plots and plans and some good characters. It kept me reading well past the limit of my ageing eye sight but it was worth it. Simon Mayo can spin a good yarn as well as a good disc. With thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read and review an e-ARC of this title.

This is a brilliant read. Wonderful well written plot and story line that had me engaged from the start. Love the well fleshed out characters and found them believable. Great suspense and found myself second guessing every thought I had continuously. Can't wait to read what the author brings out next. Recommend reading. I was provided an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher. This is my own honest voluntary review.

I’d like to thank Random House UK, Transworld Publishers and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘Knife Edge’ by Simon Mayo in exchange for my honest and unbiased review. It’s Tuesday 22nd May and the working day is just beginning when news comes in of seven people attacked within twenty-nine minutes, all of them in the Investigations Team at the International Press Service and friends of journalist Famie Madden. As the police are unable to find anything on their computers as to why they should have been targeted, and despite Famie realising her life could also be at risk, she decides to discover what they were working on in an attempt to identify the killers. It’s clear that this author has a background in journalism and press offices which has been proved in this very compelling thriller and although ‘Knife Edge’ is fiction, reading it has given me a greater understanding of Islamist terrorist cells and al-Qaeda. The further I got into the story the more involved I became with the plot and the characters until it was impossible for me to stop reading. It’s very exciting yet disturbing at times and the tension increases considerably towards the final chapters which are tense, powerful and quite shocking. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel which is suitable for both male and female readers and congratulations to Simon Mayo for writing such a suspenseful thriller.

This book grabbed me from the first sentence and didn't let go. I had to stop reading every once in a while because it was intense at times. A breakneck speed, real fear and terror, and an intriguing plot keep this hurtling towards the end. I didn't actually like the main character very much. She's not an idealized, perfect woman and that adds complexity to the story. An excellent read with a heart-racing and surprising end!

The stuff of nightmares but very addictive reading, it's a fast-paced thriller with a terror plot at the heart of the book. I made lots of false assumptions but I think that's probably what the author is aiming for as there is a massive twist at the end of the book that you won't see coming. I thought this was a brilliant book and I will definitely look out for more from Simon Mayo.