"A superb thriller that will keep the reader breathless right up to the final page."
--San Francisco Chronicle
"THE MOST INTERESTING AND RICHLY TEXTURED CRIME STORY OF THE SEASON."
--Time
"[SMITH] AT THE TOP OF HIS FORM . . . It is fun, the well-plotted, dense fun of an intelligent, shadowy, literary enigma. . . . Brisk and edifying entertainment."
--The New York Times
"A JOY TO READ."
--The Washington Post Book World
'All the right ingredients of mystery, bloodshed, sex and intrigue. . .’ The Times