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“Riveting…Sarie is a luminous character…Memorable characters, suspense, a native’s portrait of a fascinating city, eruptions of spectacular violence-fans of hard-edged crime will love this one.”
— Booklist (starred review)
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“Inventive…Breathes fresh life into a familiar plot with shifting perspectives, sly humor [and] a crackerjack pace.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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Duane Swierczynski writes the 'new noir,' full of bad choices, courage, and sudden disaster, all delivered at a break-neck pace.
— Charlaine Harris, author of the bestselling Sookie Stackhouse novels, including Dead Ever After
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This guy is a great storyteller. I never know what he is going to come up with or where he is going to take me.
— Michael Connelly
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Compulsive, written with wry humanity and a deft and thrilling touch for the unexpected.
— Geoffrey Wansell, Daily Mail
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Swierczynski can set a constant, wicked pace.
— Al Lubrano, Philadelphia Inquirer
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Swierczynski's dialogue pops and drives the story through the landscape of Philly, a city he clearly knows, and loves.
— Naben Ruthnum, National Post
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Riveting . . . Sarie is a luminous character . . . Memorable characters, suspense, a native's portrait of a fascinating city, eruptions of spectacular violence--fans of hard-edged crime will love this one.
— Booklist (starred review)
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Swierczynski has Philly down cold: his characters prowl the bivouacs and dens of its suburbs and the needle-strewn drug corners and grimy alleyways of the inner city....I can barely tear myself away from this book."
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—Liz French, Library Journal
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Inventive . . . Breathes fresh life into a familiar plot with shifting perspectives, sly humor [and] a crackerjack pace.
— Kirkus Reviews
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Swierczynski knows how to write people. They could be life-long mobsters, crazy drug lords, or college freshmen women, Duane makes each one unique and each character has their own voice.
— Crimespree magazine
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Swierczynski's writing is sharp, and his plotting is topnotch, but it's his feel for his characters, and Sarie in particular, that sets Canary apart from other thrillers.
— Mystery Scene Magazine