"Here's New Youk circa 1897, city of unparalled corruption and splendor, city of fine dining and seedy taverns...Few writers are as adept as Carr at fashioning revelations that detonate, chapter by chapter, like carefully positioned explosions". Chicago Tribune

"Suspenseful...Through the observations, discoveries and confusions of idiosyncratic detective squad, Carr deftly scrutinizes the secret sins of American society and the perpetual proposition that the greatest mystery is the human mind." L.A. Times