PRAISE FOR RENNIE AIRTH

“Move over, Inspectors Alleyn, Dalgliesh, and Morse, and make room for John Madden in the pantheon of great, civilized English sleuths.”

—The New Yorker

“Madden is seamlessly admirable. . . . In an era when our real-life heroes tend to have feet of thick, grubby clay, it can be bracing to spend time with a man who is naturally but not implausibly noble.”

—The Washington Post Book World

“One of the best mysteries in years.”

—The Boston Globe

“Airth writes with arresting authority and compassion . . . a major talent.”

—Chicago Tribune

“It’s the tactics and the terrain, the morale and the characters that make the difference between an average thriller and one as good as this.”

—The New York Times Book Review

“Up there with the works of P. D. James and Ruth Rendell. High praise indeed.”

—The Cleveland Plain Dealer

“I have been a huge fan of Rennie Airth’s novels featuring John Madden since first reading River of Darkness. . . . Airth is at the top of his game.”

—Jacqueline Winspear, author of the Maisie Dobbs series