Praise for The Intruders: 'A good, taut thriller, with lots of action and a very gripping ending; Marshall takes the reader with him on the investigation with a great deal of guile and style.' Guardian 'Devilishly clever ! a tautly crafted page-turner of the highest order.' Bookpage 'Bestseller Marshall outdoes his own high standards with this potent blend of suspense, paranoia and just plain creepiness ! a provocative and supremely intelligent thriller' Publishers Weekly 'Sinister' Mirror 'Captures a sense of the menacing inevitable ! one of the more bracingly depressing tales of mystery and terror to have been published in recent years' Time Out 'Subtle, satisfying -- and really scary.' Kirkus Reviews

Michael Marshall is a novelist and screenwriter. Before becoming an internationally bestselling thriller writer with 'The Straw Men' and its follow-ups, he had already established a successful career under the name Michael Marshall Smith: his groundbreaking first novel, 'Only Forward', won the Philip K. Dick and August Derleth Awards, and its critically acclaimed successors 'Spares' and 'One of Us' have been optioned by major Hollywoood studios. He lives in North London with his wife, son and two cats.