"The author maintains the dead-eyed tone of Stark while plotting as generously and inventively as Westlake. Trust Stark, or Westlake, to make even the most ordinary heist nail-biting." - Kirkus Reviews

PRAISE FOR DONALD E. WESTLAKE

One of the great writers of the 20th Century.--Newsweek

The novel's deeper meditations will keep you thinking long after you've closed the book.--USA Today

Elegant, melancholy... a significant final work from a master.--Publishers Weekly, starred review

One of his most interesting books... absolutely a must-read.--Booklist, starred review

Terse and bleak and low-key emotional... indelible.--Entertainment Weekly

An unsparing look at a man adrift, it's a fitting final dispatch from a master.--Time

A tour-de-force that shows a master at the top of his game.--Edward Champion, Philadelphia Inquirer

Relentlessly involving.--Weekly Standard

Among the best novels of his brilliant career. It is pure noir writing at its best.--BookReporter

A great book... it outshines anything else Westlake has done.--Craig Clarke, Somebody Dies

Compelling... bleak stuff - though always with a bit of hope shining through.--The Complete Review

With the unveiling of his final unpublished novel [Westlake's] range and depth as a writer are only deepened.--Barnes & Noble

This is an exceptional and painful book. It is the essence of noir... one man's unceasing, provocative struggle to make good in a relentlessly grim world... Our unanimous pick for the best genre book of the year.--PornoKitsch

Few novels conjure up such a state of pervasive dread...This is the noir nightmare, plain and simple. I read it in a white heat.--Vince Keenan

The most terrifying identity puzzle Westlake ever crafted, and it keeps you guessing all the way.--The Westlake Review

A penetrating tale, a wonderful story.--Midwest Book Review