Rose

“A superb thriller that will keep the reader breathless right up to the final page.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“The most interesting and richly textured crime story of the season.”—Time

“[Smith] at the top of his form . . . Brisk and edifying entertainment . . . Blair is out of Graham Greene and John le Carré.”—The New York Times

“Superior . . . Rose has one of those powerfully involving plots that keeps you in an enjoyable dither, eager to turn the pages and reluctant to reach the last one.”—Chicago Tribune

“Rich in historical and social detail . . . In Rose, Smith has once again succeeded in giving us a book that brings alive a people and place previous foreign. He’s made Wigan as real as Moscow.”—The Washington Post Book World

“Intriguing . . . admirable.”—Los Angeles Times

“Thoroughly involving . . . vivid writing and consummate storytelling . . . Rose is a work of Dickensian complexity and plot twists, a literate mystery that’s as much concerned with the workings of the human heart as it is with whodunit and why.”—Houston Chronicle