PositiveThe Washington PostGraham’s account is well-researched and scrupulously footnoted, but she also writes with a pulpy panache that turns the book into a well-paced thriller ... Flair keeps Book and Dagger briskly moving, though that same strategy can feel strained at times ... Well-told.
T D Allman
PositiveChristian Science MonitorIdiosyncratic but often lively ... The author’s style is at turns bombastic, entertaining, eccentric, and insightful. His writing, which verges on the baroque, sometimes spills over into overwrought. For fans, that is surely part of the charm, although it can be exasperating. There are also moments that call his rigor into question.
