“Ken Bruen is hard to resist, with his aching Irish heart, silvery tongue and bleak noir sensibility…[Bruen] writes with extraordinary delicacy about a man driven to acts of violence out of wild grief and fierce sense of guilt.” —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

“[Bruen's] Jack Taylor series is Grade-A Galway Noir…Bruen provides an insightful tour of a fast-changing Ireland” —Richard Lipez, The Washington Post

“Bruen's tommy-gun prose, lacerating dialogue and hard-boiled world view combine here, as before, to provide entertainment of high order in dealing with low instincts. Forget all gauzy notions of the Emerald Isle--this stuff is black Irish.” —Ron Givens, New York Daily News

“Bruen's books are always well worth the effort.” —Harper Barnes, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“It's Taylor himself, dangerous, disgraced cop, that we want to read about.…If you haven't discovered Bruen yet, what are you waiting for?” —Jane Dickinson, Rocky Mountain News

“You'll want to pray at the stunning conclusions of The Dramatist…Bruen's talent shines.” —Michelle Ross, Cleveland Plain Dealer

“The same great mix of curmudgeonly observations and unpredictable cultural references that has won Bruen a devoted cadre of fans.” —Booklist

“There is a darkness about Bruen's Ireland that never lifts. The spare writing is brutal in its depiction of modern depression, social malaise, and total lack of hope.” —Library Journal