The New York Times Book Review - Benjamin Percy
…excellent…Think of this novel as a gritty, noirish crossbreed of Blade Runner and L.A. Confidential. We're in a future where police badges can be knocked off by 3-D printers, where everyone wears smog masks, where certain cars can drive only on certain days of the week, but the shadowed alleys of Los Angeles are negotiated the way they are in any old-fashioned mystery…This is an intelligent, finely crafted mystery, a speculative thriller that brilliantly channels the anxieties of our time.
Publishers Weekly
06/29/2015
The United States’ debt to China has changed the balance of power dramatically in this convincing near-future thriller from Freedland (The Chosen One and three other novels under his Sam Bourne pseudonym). Since Beijing demanded that Washington make interest payments to China “America’s number-one priority,” an economically weak U.S. has given China direct access to custom duties. After a violent incident in L.A., Chinese military personnel are now stationed in West Coast port cities to protect Chinese customs officers. Against this disturbing backdrop, investigative reporter Madison Webb, who has just exposed the inhuman conditions at an L.A. sweatshop, is devastated to learn that her sister, Abigail, appears to have died as the result of a “druggie sex game that went wrong.” Unwilling to accept this theory, Madison pushes until she finds evidence that a cover-up with global implications may be in the works. Freedland keeps the pages turning and unveils a twist that few will anticipate. Agent: Jonny Geller, Curtis Brown. (Aug.)
From the Publisher
Excellent…. This is an intelligent, finely crafted mystery, a speculative thriller that brilliantly channels the anxieties of our time.” — New York Times Book Review
“Excellent…. Think of this novel as a gritty, noirish crossbreed of Blade Runner and L.A. Confidential.... This is an intelligent, finely crafted mystery, a speculative thriller that brilliantly channels the anxieties of our time.” — New York Times Book Review
“Boldly imaginative…. A magnetic heroine in a heart-racing story.” — A. D. Miller, author of Man Booker-shortlisted Snowdrops
“The writing is concise and compellingly readable.… Freedland has another winner here.” — Booklist
“The United States’ debt to China has changed the balance of power dramatically in this convincing near-future thriller from Freedland...who keeps the pages turning and unveils a twist that few will anticipate.” — Publishers Weekly
“Jonathan Freedland’s inventive, thought-provoking political context gives the good plot added bite, depth and intelligence.” — The Times (London)
“The story, spiced with murder and torture, is engrossingly labyrinthine.” — Sunday Telegraph
“A killer novel…full of intrigue, plotting, and duplicity.” — Piers Morgan
“Nobody does the high-IQ, high-octane thriller better than Jonathan Freedland.” — Tony Parsons
Piers Morgan
A killer novel…full of intrigue, plotting, and duplicity.
A. D. Miller
Boldly imaginative…. A magnetic heroine in a heart-racing story.
The Times (London)
Jonathan Freedland’s inventive, thought-provoking political context gives the good plot added bite, depth and intelligence.
New York Times Book Review
Excellent…. This is an intelligent, finely crafted mystery, a speculative thriller that brilliantly channels the anxieties of our time.
Tony Parsons
Nobody does the high-IQ, high-octane thriller better than Jonathan Freedland.
Booklist
The writing is concise and compellingly readable.… Freedland has another winner here.
Sunday Telegraph
The story, spiced with murder and torture, is engrossingly labyrinthine.
Booklist
The writing is concise and compellingly readable.… Freedland has another winner here.
Sunday Telegraph
The story, spiced with murder and torture, is engrossingly labyrinthine.
Booklist Online
The writing is concise and compellingly readable.… Freedland has another winner here.
