Winter Games

Johnson has a brilliant eye for the telling specifics . . . She is a natural comic writer and has a breezy, Mitfordian tone that makes you laugh at the same time as wincing in recognition . . . To write an entertaining romp set against the backdrop of Nazi Germany is a tricky feat to pull off. Yet Johnson has done it - and done it in style Observer

Johnson has a brilliant eye for the telling specifics ... She is a natural comic writer and has a breezy, Mitfordian tone that makes you laugh at the same time as wincing in recognition ... To write an entertaining romp set against the backdrop of Nazi Germany is a tricky feat to pull off. Yet Johnson has done it - and done it in style Observer A rip-roaring read Evening Standard There's never a dreary moment in this blast of a book ... Johnson's descriptions are irresistibly exuberant ... As addictively, fizzily invigorating as the Alpine air itself Daily Mail Johnson delivers a genuine sense of time and place ... there isn't a dull sentence in this sure-footed novel -- Jenny Colgan Telegraph Excellent on period detail, the blundering innocent abroad and young heartbreak Sunday Times An excellent romp. Full of 'tally-ho' Mitfordian charm ... a witty, fast read Red An edifying moral lesson as well as a tale of inter-generational sleuthing Spectator The Jane Austen of W11 Scotsman Johnson is excellent on period detail and captures the flavour of an era when the storm clouds were gathering Mail on Sunday