All Cry Chaos: An Henri Poincaré Mystery Audiobook

Quotes

• “A novel of mind and matter, All Cry Chaos is that most rare of books: a thriller in the truest and noblest sense. Rosen creates palpable tension and gut-wrenching drama without resorting to the cheap tricks of movement for movement’s sake or gratuitous violence. Henri Poincaré is both archetypal and completely original, a cop for the ages. I could never have anticipated that philosophy, mathematics, war criminals, the world economy, chaos, and religion would add up to the finest thriller I would ever have the joy of reading.”

  — Reed Farrel Coleman, three-time Shamus Award winner

• “My highest recommendation.”

  — Seattle Post-Intelligencer

• “Easily one of the best first novels of the past couple of years.”

  — Mystery Scene

• “[A] richly descriptive thriller. Here’s hoping Poincaré dodges retirement and adds more adventures to his caseload.”

  — Washington Post

• “Rosen has a fine detective in Poincaré.”

  — New York Times

• “Beautifully well written, with interesting and fully developed characters, high-octane tension, elegant mathematical constructs, and human hearts that are both noble and black as the night, All Cry Chaos is one of the best thrillers I have ever read.”

  — Daily Herald (Provo, Utah)

• “[An] ingenious debut novel.”

  — National Public Radio

• “Only the very best of writers can weave a compelling story from a maze of complicated ideas, and with this deftly crafted novel, Len Rosen has proven himself to be one of them. Drawing not only on crime and the human condition, but on math, economics, and religion as well, All Cry Chaos is both a thinking man’s mystery and a thrilling ride. I look forward to more from its talented creator.”

  — Arthur Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Memoirs of a Geisha

• “Math wizards will delight in trying to unlock the intricacies of Fenster’s findings, but even math phobes who equate high school geometry with stomach spasms will enjoy this first-time novelist’s richly descriptive thriller. Here’s hoping Poincare dodges retirement and adds more adventures to his caseload.”

  — Washington Post

• “Len Rosen’s All Cry Chaos accomplishes the hat trick of mystery writing. On the armature of a well written narrative, he positions the allure of constantly changing places and people both exotic and mundane, the deeply felt personal pain of the Interpol detective who is the main character, and a carefully exposed mystery which grows more appallingly vast and dark the closer the reader gets to it. I don’t think it would be too revealing to say that it is nothing less than the Secret of Everything. Add an apocalyptic cult with a countdown clock to keep the novel’s timing perfect, a sense of dry wit, and the sturdy core of a police procedural and you have one of the best mysteries I’ve read in a long while.”

  — T. A. Roberts, two-time Edgar Award finalist and author of Drake’s Bay

• “All Cry Chaos is a rare gem of a book—an international thriller for smart readers. What The Da Vinci Code did for symbology, Chaos does for mathematical theory.”

  — Daniel Klein, award-winning author

• “Textbook author Rosen’s promising first novel deftly mixes mathematical puzzles, international intrigue, social upheaval, and religious zealotry…Readers, especially the mathematically inclined, will relish this intellectually provocative whodunit.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Rosen has written nonfiction and radio essays, but this is his first novel, and it’s an impressive debut. Weaving fractals and chaos theory into an international mystery that also confronts great moral and theological questions, Rosen crafts a literate, complex tale in this first of a series; a prequel will be next. Highly recommended and noteworthy for a scarcity of vulgar language.”

  — Library Journal (starred review)

• “Calling all fans of fractals, international-criminal conspiracies, and the End of Days: your ship has come in…[A] hugely ambitious debut thriller. First in a proposed series, though it’s hard to imagine its sequels topping it for sheer chutzpah.”

  — Kirkus Reviews