"Skilled fiction...tight and complex."

The New York Times

"The spy trade as rendered by Charles Cumming is all about uncertainty, caution, subtlety and a feel for human relationships... The tension here is delivered with style, grace and a great sense for the interpersonal. A stately thriller for grown-ups."

Kirkus Reviews

"Compelling... Complex and satisfying."

Publisher's Weekly (Starred Review)

"Charles Cumming's latest novel is engrossing on all counts. Typhoon places him at the forefront of today's novelists of espionage."

Richard North Patterson

"Cumming gives us complex characters and a world-weariness that owe more to Smiley than Bond and mark him out as in the first rank of the new generation of espionage writers."

The Times - Top 10 Thrillers of 2008

"A wholly compelling and sophisticated spy novel - vivid and disturbing - immaculately researched and full of harrowing contemporary relevance.”

William Boyd

"Absolutely riveting... The atmosphere of Hong Kong and of China itself, the teeming streets, shops, restaurants, bars, the beauty, the smells, the danger, the way it is all somehow backlit in an eerie, neon light, the tension – and the history, as well as the spying, these are all packed into this well written, cleverly plotted and gripping book which is worthy of Le Carre himself – and that’s saying something."

Susan Hill

"Sharp..complex..vivid."

The Economist

"It’s hard to pull off the combination of thriller and romance but Cumming does it seamlessly – plus he’s working on a big canvas. He has already established his reputation with his modern take on the spy novel but here he vaults to another level. Great stuff."

The Observer's Peter Guttridge

"The comparison is a heavy one for a young author, but Typhoon, with its deep plotting, flawed characters, climactic conclusion and undercurrent of mistrust is another step in the footprints of the master, John le Carre." 

The Times

"Typhoon can be read as just another conspiracy thriller, albeit of a higher grade than most, but what lifts it to another level is the expert dissection of human frailty. Comparisons with Graham Greene are inevitable. The complex narrative is expertly handled and builds to a powerful climax."

The Mail on Sunday

"Adds to his reputation as one of the UK's best young espionage writers."

Sunday Telegraph

"Top-drawer"

The Independent

"Exciting...slickly paced and crafted with panache"

TLS/Times Literary Supplement

"Very good... a gripping tale of spies and terrorists up to no good in China in the run-up to the Olympics"

The Spectator

"If you read one spy novel this year, make it Typhoon."

thelondonpaper

"Terrific...vividly realised... as strong on emotional literacy as is it on spycraft."

New Statesman

"Insightful and intelligent... one of the genre's biggest surprises this season...A writer with a great future."

Information (Denmark)

"Fabulous... A gripping and totally satisfying thriller... One in the eye for those who predicted the death of the spy story when the Berlin Wall came down."

Birmingham Post

“Thoroughly enjoyable and incredibly timely.”

Sky Arts

"A brilliantly written, well-informed spy novel."

Maxim

"Excellent"

Access Asia

"Epic in scope yet intimate in execution, this is a worthy successor to Forsyth and Clancy."

Big Issue

"Mesmerising fare"

The Good Book Guide

"Signifies Charles Cumming as perhaps the most noteworthy writer to arrive since John Le Carré and Frederick Forsyth... The tag-line 'master of the modern spy thriller' is a deserved one."

www.shotsmag.co.uk

"A reminder that the good old-fashioned spy thriller is still alive and well...A read you can rattle through" 

City AM

"The Beijing Olympics have provoked a rash of crime novels with Chinese settings. By far the best, in my opinion, is Charles Cumming’s latest, Typhoon."

Mike Ripley, Getting Away With Murder

"A fine novel. Well researched, pacily written and dealing with big ideas. Oh and it's a fine page turner too."

thebookbag.co.uk

"Charles Cumming is the new John le Carre."

Legendary photographer Terry O'Neill

"Impressive...a gripping story and, above all, a quite fascinating portrait of expat life."

The Morning Star

"A thriller you won't be able to put down"

You First 

"Charles Cumming is easily one of the most gifted thriller writers on the scene today. He writes with an assured style, creating a compelling, addictive tale of espionage and deceit."

Civilian Reader

"No Martinis and no birds"

Zoo