PositiveEntertainment WeeklyThe Pigeon Tunnel is a special kind of treat for anyone who has allowed John le Carré to lead them down alleyways and into the world’s shadiest corners ... the literary equivalent of a long night spent in the company of a grand storyteller, who has saved up a lifetime of his best tales to share with you over several rounds of fine scotch.
Ben H. Winters
PositiveEntertainment WeeklyWinters’ nightmarish mystery, set in a modern-day U.S. where the Civil War never happened, somehow manages to tap-dance around every potential pothole ... Winters crafts his thriller so deftly that the ingenious details of his sideways timeline often fly under the radar, blurring the line between Victor’s world and ours.
Ottessa Moshfegh
PositiveEntertainment WeeklyAt times Eileen’s backstory and the accounts of her bizarre behavior border on the tedious; it takes patience to get to the pulpy heart of the story. But once you’re finally there, watch out—Moshfegh uses that carefully constructed foundation to build a truly shocking ending, one you’ll never see coming. It’s hard to believe she’s a first-time novelist, so skillfully has she grafted disparate genre elements onto one another: psychological suspense, horror, obsession, and madness. Eileen is as twisted, dark, and unexpected as its title character.
L.S. Hilton
MixedEntertainment Weekly...Maestra [is] a sensual, sweat-suffused thriller that begins as the story of Judith Rashleigh, an unassuming gallery assistant in London, and then, faster than the flick of a knife, shifts into a crash course in high fashion, luxury travel, and murders of convenience. It’s the speed of that turn that keeps Maestra engaging throughout, but Judith remains frustratingly distant, and that mires the novel in the realm of macabre wish fulfillment.
