PositiveThe New York Times Book Review...an addictive contemporary crime procedural stuffed with observations on the manipulations of science and the particular societal ills of the moment ... Carr writes with a style full of depth and description. He never uses one sentence when there is room for two. The book weighs in at a dense 600 pages, which requires more dedication than is usual for a crime novel. But Carr’s work has never been for the book-a-day reader ... This is a novel you set time aside for. It is charming and eloquent between the horrors it captures.
