Venus With Pistol belongs on the same shelf with Mr. Lyalls earlier success, Midnight Plus One. There is the same breeziness, the same sure command of action sequences and the same gift of phrase-making. * The New York Times * Lean and literate suspense * Guardian * Very lively and appropriately picturesque * The Kirkus Review * Assault, gunfire and murder mark the art find of the century, 'Venus with Pistol', worth 2,500,000 if genuine. * The New York Times *