"Read this book. It is better than any suspense novel since The Silence of the Lambs." --Stephen King
"Spectacular. . . . Ten shades blacker and several corpses grimmer than the novels of John Grisham. . . . Do yourself a favor. Read this book." --Entertainment Weekly
"Beautifully controlled and disturbing. . . . Works a devastating variation on the idea of the banality of evil." --The New York Times Book Review
"Like watching a train wreck. There is nothing to be done, but it is impossible to turn away." --Chicago Tribune
"A marvel. . . . The story-twists keep you turning the pages and guessing what's coming next. With cool precision, Smith outlines the ever-widening spiral of distrust and violence." -- The Boston Globe
"A work of deceptive simplicity and singular power. . . . To describe the fascinating parade of thoughts and deeds that lead inexorably to the book's calamitous conclusion would give away too much of the plot." -- The Washington Post
