Reviews

Probing, sensitive, and rewarding...Ellis's followers will treasure this glimpse of what made him the complicated man he turned into.
*Kirkus*

The fourth Ellis Portal novel is perhaps the best yet....A must-read for both fans of the series and newcomers.
*Booklist*

Fill[s] in the gaps of Portal's life and provide [s] a glace at a Toronto just past.
*Toronto Globe and Mail*

Aubert...writes crisply and clearly and captures the divided loyalties and culture of 1965 perfectly.
*Providence Journal*

So well written and suspenseful...A book I couldn't put down....[With] a final twist that turns everything the reader thinks he understands completely around.
*I Love A Mystery*

Mystery reviewer Robert Wade recommends the novel in his Spadework column, describing it as a prequel to the author's "popular series"
*The San Diego Union-Tribune*

Chilling saga....[It demonstrates the author's] ability to command the reader's rapt attention from first page to last.
*Midwest Book Review*

Keeps one guessing right up to the end.
*The Philadelphia Inquirer*

[Portal] endears himself to readers....Worth reading.
*The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy*