Gripping. . . . It begins in the clipped, tough-guy manner of Dashiell Hammett . . . but by the end it enters a strange . . . twilight zone all its own. --The Wall Street Journal Ambitious, expansive. . . . Walker Dett [is] a superb creation. --Entertainment Weekly A sprawling epic. . . . A raw portrait of a volatile era. --Philadelphia City Paper If you're craving a midsummer mystery . . . Andrew Vachss has something special for you�a dark, violent and even weird tale. . . . The plot . . . zips ahead with the speed of one of those dangerously overpowered late-1950s Oldsmobile 88s. . . . The bits and pieces cut back and forth among the characters, like a fast-paced movie. --St. Louis Post-Dispatch