Stunning fiction…The sense of immediacy Mark Mills brings to The Information Officer is so intense that this breathtaking novel reads more like a memoir than a wartime thriller.
New York Times Book Review
Magnificent… reads like the story of Casablanca revisited, like a vanished Graham Greene.
Los Angeles Times
A lush, romantic thriller, skilfully crafted by master stylist Mark Mills.
George Pelecanos
Mr Mills skilfully combines grim historical reality with murder in this tautly gripping mystery.
Washington Times
Mark Mills’s third novel is a rapist’s progress set against the atmosphere, wonderfully evoked, of the besieged island of Malta in the summer of 1942… A compelling, vividly rendered slow burn of a book which culminates in an electrifying climax.
Guardian
Mills is as versatile as he is talented… He is a fine stylist as well as a storyteller, enabling him to bring a remarkable degree of eloquence and emotional depth to his material. As historical fiction, as mystery, and as a love story, this one hits on all cylinders.
Booklist
Mills paints a vivid portrait of a tenacious people, embattled and besieged troops, and a principled man trying to resolve the conflict between duty and justice.
Publishers Weekly
Once again, Mills has crafted a story filled with rich history, tension, and characters whose frailties and strengths move the plot along at a taut and satisfying pace.
Library Journal
The writing… is graceful and fluid, the research scrupulous, and the love scenes, played out against the whistle and shriek of falling bombs, are knee-buckling in their intimacy.
The Star-Ledger
Mark Mills is a superb writer, and The Information Officer is a superb read.
Joseph O’Neill
Ratchets up the tension with each page, leading to a pulse-pounding climax. Wartime Malta comes alive in this meticulously researched and beautifully written portrait of an island on the edge.
Olen Steinhauer
The Information Officer is both great historical fiction and a first-rate thriller. Mark Mills has taken a harrowing and often-forgotten conflict, populated it with believable and compelling characters, and then turned up the heat. This is a novel that works on every level.
David Liss
A forgotten corner of World War II is rediscovered and expertly revealed to us. The Information Officer is fascinating and shrewdly compelling – Mark Mills does it again.
William Boyd
A brilliant read with a super-smart thriller plot and an amazing denouement – it had me transported and enthralled all the way through.
Sadie Jones