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“Riveting…Inspector of the Dead is a masterful work.”
— Associated Press
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“Blends historical fact and 1855 London ambience with thriller-laced fiction in a feat of brilliant storytelling.”
— Huffington Post
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“Taut, atmospheric…Morrell brings the period to vivid life with solid research and fascinating Victorian details…Grade: A-."
— Cleveland Plain Dealer
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“Morrell weaves a true web of lies, secrets, and cunning schemes that gives readers the sense that they are actually living and breathing the air of historical England…Morrell yet again shows that his character creation is second to none, and the pace will have readers losing sleep by telling themselves, ‘Just one more chapter.’”
— Suspense magazine
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Murder as a Fine Art is a masterpiece--I don't use that word lightly-a fantastic historical thriller, beautifully written, intricately plotted, and populated with unforgettable characters. It brilliantly re-creates the London of gaslit streets, fogs, hansom cabs, and Scotland Yard. If you liked The Alienist, you will absolutely love this book. I was spellbound from the first page to last.
— Douglas Preston, coauthor of the #1 bestseller Cold Vengeance
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London 1854, noxious yellow fogs, reeking slums, intrigues in high places, murders most foul, but instead of Sherlock Holmes solving crimes via the fine art of deduction, we have the historical English Opium-Eater himself, Thomas De Quincey. David Morrell fans--and they are legion--can look forward to celebrating Murder as a Fine Art as one of their favorite author's strongest and boldest books in years.
— Dan Simmons, author of Drood and The Terror
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Morrell's use of De Quincey's life is absolutely amazing. I literally couldn't put it down: I felt as though I were in Dickens as he described London's fog and in Wilkie Collins when we entered Emily's diary. There were beautiful touches all the way through. Murder as a Fine Art is a triumph.
— Robert Morrison, author of The English Opium Eater: A Biography of Thomas De Quincey
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...AND FOR DAVID MORRELL:
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An absolute master of the thriller.
— Dean Koontz
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The finest thriller writer living today, bar none.
— Steve Berry
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Everything [Morrell] writes has a you-are-there quality, and that, combined with his ability to propel characters through a scene, makes reading him like attending a private screening.
— Washington Post Book World