Praise for Larry Beinhart

Wag the Dog:

“Funny, ingenious and outrageous.”

—Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times

“Incomparably funny, clever, and inspired—the most

absorbing story I’ve read in some time.”

—Katherine A. Powers, The Boston Globe

“An absolutely marvelous time . . . a Hollywood superbly

imagined.”—Carolyn See, The Washington Post

Foreign Exchange:

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, 1992

“Larry Beinhart writes well, the way that Elmore Leonard

and Douglas Adams write well.”—UPI

“Sparkling international escapade . . .

a witty, near-perfect caper.”—Publishers Weekly

“A witty, stylish thriller.”

—Times Literary Supplement (London)

“A slick, well-crafted thriller.”—Sunday Telegraph (London)

“A delicious and devious thriller.”—Daily News

“A cynical, at times hilarious book, by an elegant writer.”

—The New York Times

No One Rides for Free:

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery Novel

“Brilliant, witty, marvelously alive detective novel.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“Ambitious and convincing mystery.”—Publishers Weekly

“Beinhart combines gut-wrenching insights into current class

and power structures with an innovative plot.”

—Booklist

“The man really can write.”—The New York Times

“This is the kind of writing that separates the best

from the rest.”—Rave Reviews

You Get What You Pay For:

“Is to the police procedural what

le Carré is to the spy story.”—Penthouse

“A masterly novel.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Beinhart . . . writes with immense assurance and clarity.”

—San Francisco Chronicle

“One of the best books of 1988.”—Chicago Tribune

“Could win honors as best second mystery . . . well-populated,

well-detailed, and very well written novel of political

skullduggery.”—Los Angeles Times