About the Author

Gregg Hurwitz is the author of a number of critically acclaimed thrillers, including They're Watching, The Crime Writer and Troubleshooting. International bestsellers, his novels have been finalists for several awards, including the Crime Writers of America Ian Fleming Steel Dagger and the ITW Best Novel of the Year awards. In addition to his novels, he has also written comic books and screenplays, developed television series for Warner Brothers and Lakeshore, published scholarly articles on Shakespeare, and is currently a consulting producer on ABC's "V." He has taught fiction at the University of Southern California and guest lectured for UCLA and Harvard. Hurwitz grew up in the Bay Area and earned his B.A. from Harvard and a master's from Trinity College at Oxford. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

Reviews

"A performance worthy of applause...Hurwitz's carefully interwoven plot lines and taut writing, as well as his pulsing descriptions of Los Angeles, make for a deeply satisfying read..." --Kirkus (Starred Review) on The Crime Writer"The plot has more twists and turns than Mulholland Drive...Hurwitz's insights about L.A. life sound knowing and are often ruefully funny...Crime fans looking for something different will love this one." --Booklist on The Crime Writer"Hurwitz has the literary background to infuse his stories with an intelligence that is a welcome complement to the pulse-pounding action..." --Chicago Sun Times on Last Shot"To open a new Gregg Hurwitz is to brace yourself for a bravura style and an out of the ordinary ride to an unexpected destination... TRUST NO ONE begins with a Hurwitz burst... It's at once completely contemporary and a classic quest." --Barbara Peters, Poisoned Pen Bookstore

Adult/High School-This stand-alone political thriller starts out with a bang. Nick is kidnapped from his Los Angeles apartment by government agents and airlifted to a nuclear facility where a terrorist is threatening massive destruction unless he talks to Nick. Alone. It all leads back to the murder of Nick's stepfather, Frank, years before. Frank was his role model, part of the Secret Service detail guarding then-Vice President Caruthers. He was that rare government agent who couldn't be bought. Nick was framed for the crime by the government. At 17, he was told he could either disappear or go to prison. After years of running, he is back in LA determined to solve the murder. There are too many twists and turns to number, but suffice it to say that Caruthers is now running for president, and the stakes are high. This is a thriller with heart, anchored by a realistic father-son relationship. Teens will identify with Nick's struggle to find his place in the world. While he always believed in Frank's code of conduct, until now he walked away when the going got tough and never trusted anyone enough to ask for help. Now Nick refuses to give up his investigation even in the face of threats and violence. And he learns to be honest with his mother and with an intriguing ex-girlfriend. Nick's personal journey will hook genre fans as surely as the fast pace, cutting-edge technology, and political machinations.-Angela Carstensen, Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York City Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.

Hurwitz (The Crime Writer) tells the story of Nick Horrigan, a loner still trying to deal with the death of his Secret Service agent stepfather years earlier and his potential unwitting involvement in the murder. In the middle of the night, he is taken into custody by agents to a nuclear power plant to meet with a terrorist who refuses to speak with anyone but Nick. Before the terrorist is killed, he gives Nick information that draws him back into his stepfather's death as well as a possible political conspiracy related to the presidential campaign underway. Nick is forced to find people he can trust, while he attempts to learn who is watching him and whether the current crisis might be related to his stepfather's killing. VERDICT Using the first person, Hurwitz creates a protagonist who is intriguing and a mystery that is not completely revealed until the end. He keeps the reader guessing about the motives of nearly every character. This will definitely appeal to readers of David Baldacci, Lee Child, and Harlan Coben.--Joel W. Tscherne, Bryant & Stratton Coll., Cleveland Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.