J. Wallis Martin

 

The Edgar Nominated A Likeness in Stone was screened as

a two-part drama by the BBC in September 2000 and starred

Liam Cunningham, Jonathan Firth, Andrew Lincoln,

Cherie Lunghi and Ruth Jones.

'Absorbing and genuinely surprising'

Guardian

'Cracking pace, and cleverly plotted'

Daily Telegraph

In The Bird Yard, 'Wallis Martin cleverly portrays the innocent obstinacy of vulnerable young boys propelled towards a fate they can neither imagine nor believe'.

Sunday Telegraph

'The Long Close Call places J. Wallis Martin firmly in the first division of the newer crime-writing generation. Her portrayal of the curiously deep bond - even similarities of moral perceptions between villains and coppers is conveyed with subtlety but shocking certainty'.

The Times

Dancing with the Uninvited Guest

 '...A hugely atmospheric work'.

The  Times

[J Wallis Martin] '...has worked a keen note of malevolence into her novel and created a gripping story that has firm psychological underpinnings'.

                                                                                                               Publishers Weekly