RaveThe New York Times Book ReviewExuberant ... Write[s] in a breezy, fast-paced style. [He] revel[s] in the Dickensian details of the demimonde — the colorful lingo, intricate professional techniques and social snobberies of the criminal classes — looping through decades of political and economic history that spills over into chatty footnotes.
Margalit Fox
PositiveThe New York Times Book ReviewFox... a seasoned journalist and author, [writes] in a breezy, fast-paced style ... The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum serves up a platonic ideal of the criminal mastermind.