A fierce, extraordinary new novel... spectacularly violent and exquisitely written...If dust jackets were more than paper and ink, this one would bear blood and frost...Giraldi writes with force and precision and grace -- John Wilwol Lyrical and poetic with a hard hitting edge, 'Hold the Dark' is a literal walk on the wild side -- Howard Linskey This is horror at its finest -- Nalini Haynes William Giraldi easily holds place alongside great authors such as Daniel Woodrell, Megan Abbott and James Ellroy in terms of being able to recreate the dark nature of man and convey it with compelling conviction -- Oz Noir * Just A Guy That Likes To Read * Shrouded by the dark, kept away from the light...Loren Kleinman details her immersion into William Giraldi's Hold the Dark! -- Loren Kleinman * Huffington Post *