"In THE MIDNIGHT SIDE Mostert eschews the usual murder-mystery clichés in favour of murky, gloomily-lit suspense, painting a Dickensian picture of foggy London that is as compelling as the unfolding drama. Bedtime reading for the brave."

"Classy psychic thriller, full of frights and forebodings... an original, unsettling book, which kicks the usual preconceptions into shape and preserves its chill to the final line."

"An unusual debut thriller...Too bad Ingrid Bergman and Carey Grant aren't able to star in the film version. How about Julianne Moore and Daniel Day Lewis? The plotline is an original one and Mostert seasons it with absorbing psychological detail... the novel holds our attention throughout, and its climactic surprise... is a humdinger."

"A clever debut ghost story that starts with a phone call from a dead woman and keeps you guessing until the end. This South African author is one to watch."

"An auspicious debut thriller ... African mysticism, paranormal experiences and terrifying dreams set the tone for this eloquently written novel ... Mostert's solid prose and chilling premise should make this a crossover success, satisfying fans of ghost stories as well as readers of main-stream suspense thrillers."

"A taut and disturbing story."

"A wonderful debut. Part ghost story, part mystery, part literary thriller, THE MIDNIGHT SIDE delights on several levels: gorgeous writing, vivid characters, nail-biting suspense, and a truly scary story of love gone wrong."

"A clever and engrossing chiller of a novel."

"This is a thoroughly chilling debut from a talented South African writer. The setting is contemporary London in winter, endowed with an air of supernatural menace, but without any of that dreary Victoriana beloved of lesser writers."

"THE MIDNIGHT SIDE grabs your attention in the first chapter and makes you page feverishly through a paranormal mystery that keeps you intrigued until the last page."

"I found the Midnight Side engrossing and incomparable to anything I have ever read before. I look forward to future samplings from Mostert."

"A great combination of mystery and ghost story, set against the background of London's big industrial empire. Suspenseful and intriguing. With a surprise ending!"