Praise for Michael Van Rooy and Your Friendly Neighborhood Criminal
"Haaviko is an interesting character with a blend of really bad guy and pretty good guy. He's also a very smart guy, and the combination provides a rollicking read that is by turns funny, scary and downright gritty." --Associated Press
"Montgomery Haaviko, the MacGyver of criminals, returns in a second adventure.... It's an entertaining series, combining the light tone of Lawrence Block with the clever tricks of Thomas Perry." --Charlotte Observer
"Van Rooy serves up a smoking, action-packed tale in Your Friendly Neighborhood Criminal." --Dayton Daily News
"Fast, dazzlingly smart (about criminals and crime, especially), indecently enjoyable... [Monty] is an ex-con, genuinely committed to his wife and child and straight life, rueful when he has to employ his otherwise unmarketable skills, witty and wonderfully likable." -- Sullivan County Democrat
“Michael Van Rooy is Canada’s best-kept secret in crime fiction.” –Steve Hamilton, Edgar Award-winning author of Misery Bay
"Wickedly funny and edgy." --popculturenerd.com
“Your Friendly Neighbourhood Criminal is even more fast-paced and entertaining than the first book was…. This book should come with a warning similar to those on some car commercials: ‘Do not attempt to do what Monty does in these pages.’” –Prairie Fire (Canada)
“A fast and funny tale about an ex-con going straight the crooked way. . . Exceptionally readable entertainment.” —Kirkus (starred review) on An Ordinary Decent Criminal
“A fairy tale worthy… of Quentin Tarantino. Michael van Rooy… makes his hero a MacGyver of crime, who spouts handy lawbreaking tips even as he creates elaborate booby traps or sets up the bad cop for a fall.” –The Charlotte Observer on An Ordinary Decent Criminal
“Van Rooy's debut novel is gritty, full of plenty of dark humor and suspense.” –The Oregonian
"A gritty, offbeat suspense novel... [with] enough dark humor to please Elmore Leonard fans." --ThrillerWriters.org on An Ordinary Decent Criminal
“Van Rooy is not merely a capable writer but a quite gifted one. Definitely a writer to watch.” —Booklist
