'Carter has created a character Agatha Christie would be proud of.'

– Crime Review

‘The writer’s depiction of the various techniques used in painting cleverly deflects the reader’s attention from the puzzle of the mysterious Landseer paintings while at the same time showing how a forgery may be detected… And the absence of violence, let alone bloodshed, will reassure those who are looking for stories written in the recently revived ‘cosy’ form especially one with occasional comic touches like this one.’

– Promoting Crime Fiction

'Susie Mahl is a welcome new detective: witty, warm and very inquisitive.'

– Antonia Fraser

‘It’s usually easier and more productive not to be fettered by too much reality… The notable exception, as Ali Carter’s third outing for her amateur sleuth Susie Mahl neatly shows, is the detective story… Of course, its appeal is that of the log fire and the Labrador in the basket.’

– Catholic Herald