"Entertaining from first page to last . . . [Alan] Furst is that rarity, a writer of popular fiction who is also a serious novelist."–
Washington Post Book World
"Teeming with intrigue . . . Furst's novels of World War II Europe are not just atmospheric. They're transporting."–
Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Wildly atmospheric . . . Furst's novels combines the research habits of a top-shelf historical novelist with a taste for psychic warfare that recalls the work of British writers like W. Somerset Maugham . . ., Anthony Powell . . ., and Evelyn Waugh."–
Men's Vogue
"This engaging historical fiction should be read by anyone who loves a compelling story well told."–
Houston Chronicle "A rare thing: an engrossing, deeply emotional, thinking person's love story."– San
Francisco Chronicle