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“Crackling, darkly comic.”
— Parade
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“Pretty danged good…This is crime as light comedy, with a broad cast of characters…It’s a three-card monte as to who winds up where with what and whom.”
— Washington Post
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“Darkly comedic…Hijinks ensue—including a shootout, car chases, and mistaken identity. Plus, of course, a sexy British agent.”
— New York Post
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“Highly entertaining…McCallum respects the genres’ tenets, supplying the right amount of intrigue, violence, and sex for a well-plotted, action-packed tale.”
— Associated Press
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“McCallum’s debut starts with clichés that evolve into an entertaining novel. There are surprises galore and no question is left unanswered. He paints New York City and London with a vivid brush. Harry’s portrayal of a somewhat successful bit actor is among the best in the book.”
— RT Book Reviews
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“This good-natured debut gives the reader as good a time as it has plainly afforded its author.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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"If listening is your preference, you'll be happy to know the audio book is narrated by the author, whose facility with accents, intonations and vocal styles is so convincing you'll swear there are several readers at the mike.
— Fran Wood, NJ.com
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McCallum is effective when giving voice to his creations, going American for the Manhattanites, upper-class Brit for Villiers and his wife, adding a bit of a Russian growl for Ivan, and a brash, sexy cockney for Lizzie.
— Publishers Weekly
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To hear a terrific book brilliantly performed by the author is one of life's huge pleasures. [David McCallum's] velvety voice is a wonderful instrument, and he uses it to purr, to alarm, to make you laugh while he remains quietly deadpan as he follows his Candide-like actor-hero Harry Murphy through a baroque series of toils and dangers he got into because he was trying to save a stranger's life. Only an actor could have written this deliciously entertaining story, and no one could have performed it better. Standing O.
— AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award Winner