"Tana French is the most interesting, most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years."
--The Washington Post

"[Tana French] inspires cultic devotion in readers...most crime fiction is diverting; French's is consuming."
--The New Yorker

"Atmospheric and unputdownable."
--People

"Thrilling."
--Buzzfeed

"A fierce examination of the chasm between how women choose to present themselves before the world and the more complicated truth underneath--and not to mention a total page-turner."
--Harper's Bazaar

"Beautifully crafted . . . may be her best yet."
--Entertainment Weekly

"This is the kind of book you'll want to dig into with all the lights on."
--Cup of Jo

"There's nothing standard about French's approach to crime fiction, which plays the form much like a jazz musician improvising on a standard. Even when the outlines of the mystery seem familiar...she finds a way to get at enriching themes and powerful emotional truths in fresh and surprising ways."
--Chicago Tribune

"As in all of the author's work, meaning lurks beneath every quip and glance. French not only spins a twisty cop tale, she also encases it in meticulous prose, creating a read that is as elegant as it is dark."
--Associated Press

Praise for Tana French

"To say Tana French is one of the great thriller writers is really too limiting. Rather she's simply this: a truly great writer."­
--Gillian Flynn

"Terrific--terrifying, amazing, and the prose is incandescent."
--Stephen King

"French is a poet of mood and a master builder of plots."
­--Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post

"One of the most distinct and exciting new voices in crime writing."
--The Wall Street Journal