A Spectacle of Corruption

[A] wonderful book . . . every bit as good as [Liss's] remarkable debut . . . easily one of the year's best. --The Boston Globe [A] rousing sequel of historical, intellectual suspense. --San Antonio Express-News Liss is a superb writer who evokes the squalor of London with Hogarthian gusto. --People In Benjamin Weaver, Mr. Liss has created a multifaceted character and a wonderful narrator. --The New York Sun The many readers who loved Liss's first book have been eagerly awaiting a sequel. . . . Mystery and mainstream readers with a taste for gritty historical fiction will relish Liss's glorious dialogue, lively rogues, fascinating setting and indomitable hero. --Publishers Weekly With eloquent wit, Liss manipulates the concepts of misdirection and probability theory in his serpentine third novel. Once again, we meet the unconventional protagonist of the author's Edgar-winning debut A Conspiracy of Paper. . . . Liss's impressive research provides a wealth of information about 18th-century politics, emergent labor organizations, and gradations of etiquette and malfeasance among contrasting social levels. And Weaver's somber, wry, knowing narrator's voice is a deadpan delight. Furthermore, it all ends with yet another twist that seems to promise we'll hear more from-and of-the indefatigable Benjamin Weaver. Let's hope so. --Kirkus Reviews