“A marvellous set of unsavoury suspects … good, nasty fun with a ring of truth”

Mail on Sunday ‘Thriller of the Week’

“A rollicking read”

London Evening Standard

“A wicked send-up of literary festivals … the eventual winding up of the mystery is ingenious”

Suzi Feay, Independent

“An old-fashioned murder mystery with neatly disguised clues … and a satisfyingly unexpected culprit”

Literary Review

“An informative and delightful gem for international travellers”

Library Journal on Going Dutch in Beijing

CHOSEN FOR INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY’S ‘ALTERNATIVE 2014 BOOKER PRIZE LONGLIST’