Patrick’s latest book ‘All She Ever Wanted’ was released on 6th February Reviews of ‘All She Ever Wanted’ Mark Timlin - The Independent –29th Jan’06 “One day in 1987, the father of eight-year-old Tina leaves the family home in Essex with just a short note as a goodbye. Tina never recovers from the loss. As she grows older, the pain turns to hatred. Hatred for her father and hatred for the schoolmates who turn against the ugly, lonely child. Until one day she finds she has power - the power to hurt back. And she uses the power against anyone who hurts her. When she moves to London, she's a different young woman. And she hurts men, until she finds one she really loves and can't cope with it. Then another who loves her, and she can't cope with that either, and inevitably disaster strikes. All She Ever Wanted is not my usual cup of tea, but an extremely enjoyable psycho thriller nevertheless. Cathryn Scott - The BIG ISSUE Feb’06  ""… this a compelling thriller by acclaimed writer Patrick Redmond. It tells of a bullied young girl, abandoned by her father and unloved by her mother, who reinvents herself as a hardened woman who never lets her guard down - but is she capable of murder? The book also offers a good exploration of how one's parental upbringing can affect your path in life." Judith Rhodes - Tangled Web "This is a masterful piece of storytelling, charting the transformation of rejected, unloved, bullied 8 year old Tina Ryan into the confident adult Chrissie...The way the suspense is built is excellent ...All She Ever Wanted is a truly enthralling read."  The Good Book Guide " A powerful and provocative thriller that examines the nature of self image, ambition and the darker side of love." Reviews of "The Wishing Game" Daily Mirror "Patrick Redmond's chilling debut novel is a first-rate page-turner...Other writers may be hailed as the new Patrick Redmond in years to come" Daily Express "The setting is genuinely chilling, and the atmosphere of menace and sterility riveting" Financial Times "He is fascinating on the ritual behaviour of public schoolboys:their clandestine obsessions and allegiances...Redmond shows himself to be a scrupulously fair writer who refuses to stereotype his characters and views human behaviour with a high degree of compassion" Independent on Sunday "The burble of comment as assembly ends, the uncomfortable community of dormitory living, or the delicate dynamics of teenage friendship, all go to make up a credible portrait of public-school life...Redmond's teenage characters are well drawn, and the small universe of the school becomes a real emotional landscape, where the pupils are credited with passionate and complex emotion" Reviews of "The Puppet Show" Spectator 'A highly successful thriller: a page-turner, certainly, but also original, well-constructed and intelligent' Daily Mail 'A skin-prickling page-turner' Express on Sunday 'The Puppet Show is written with the kind of stylish simplicity that makes it a pleasure to read and it offers intelligent entertainment that lingers in the mind' Crime Time 'Redmond marries a sure grasp of psychology with a beguiling narrative that allows its series of revelations to unfold in a totally organic fashion . . . As in the novels of William Trevor, Redmond is confident enough of his grip on our sympathies to allow our perceptions of his characters to constantly shift . . . But his principal gift, as in The Wishing Game, is an effortless grasp of narrative texture, and multiple levels of sympathetic insight into his brilliantly drawn characters' Crime Time 'A good read' Daily Mirror 'His style is strictly no frills - simple, sparse and straightforward . . . but he does have a way of making you gag to know what happens next' Bob Cornwell, Tangled Web 'A mesmerising narrative, plainly but urgently told. Redmond's particular talent lies in the book's careful structure, its plotting and steadily accelerating pace - and in the psychological veracity that made the previous book such a stunner. Nice too to come across a book where the politics and petty jealousies of modern office life are captured so accurately. An excellent novel: clearly a talent to watch'    Reviews of "Apple of My Eye" Guardian "The ghastliness of the English class system lies at the heart of Redmond's creepy psychological thriller...Du Maurier meets Patrick Hamilton" Observer "Measured and chilling" Daily Miirror "A head-fry of a thriller as a love story turns dark, brooding and bloody" Sunday Telegraph "Plausible characters, well-crafted dialogue and nicely observed vignettes of post-war Britain" Yorkshire Post " A masterful display of sustained tension" Heat Magazine "An intense, gripping read!" The Bookseller "The lurking tension and twisting cruelty in Redmond's writing and plotting make for a hypnotic, compelling read"