Secret Dead Men

Praise for Secret Dead Men


“Swierczynski’s brisk pace and light comic touch often resemble vintage Donald Westlake…A delicious comic thriller with a science-fiction twist.” –Kirkus Reviews

“Secret Dead Men is the most inventive, uplifting, hilarious, moving novel since The Catcher in the Rye.” – Ken Bruen, author of Galway Girl


“A profoundly psychotic hilarious whodunit fantasy… It’s as if [Swierczynski] simultaneously channeled Philip K. Dick, Eugene Ionesco, Richard Matheson, Raymond Chandler and Charles Willeford.” – Ed Gorman, author of the Sam McCain mysteries


“Filled with fascinating creations and memorable scenes. [Secret Dead Men] takes the traditional forms and puts a unique spin on them, reflecting the mind of an author with both new ideas and an idiosyncratic personality.” –Philadelphia Inquirer


“Fresh and idiosyncratic… Offbeat, quirky and confident, revealing Swierczynski as a talented newcomer.” – Chicago Sun-Times


“One of the most surreal, amusing crime thrillers in recent memory. A masterpiece of weirdness and humor.” –January Magazine


“Secret Dead Men is a blast of a read and the most imaginatively conceived crime novel I’ve read in ages, possibly ever.” – The View from the Blue House blog


“Crime fiction doesn’t get much weirder.” –Publisher’s Weekly




Praise for Duane Swierczynski


“Fresh, exciting, and brilliantly unpredictable.” – James Patterson, New York Times bestselling author on California Bear 


“Duane Swierczynski is a much-needed breath of fresh air in the book world . . . This guy is a great storyteller. I never know what he is going to come up with or where he is going to take me. I just know I won’t be complaining about a thing once I get there.” – Michael Connelly, New York Times bestselling author on Revolver


“Duane Swierczynski knows how to slam it down on the table. His tales are up there with the best of them.” – John Carpenter, director of Halloween, Escape from New York, and The Thing


“Swierczynski keeps the action pulsating along [with] an array of compelling characters, crisp dialogue, and pop culture references.” – The Boston Globe on Canary 


“What a fantastic storyteller! Duane Swierczynski is the oh-so-talented face of the new noir.” – Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today bestselling author of The House Guest 


“Duane Swierczynski is one of the best thriller writers in America.” – James Frey, New York Times bestselling author of Bright Shiny Morning and A Million Little Pieces


“Duane Swierczynski writes the ‘new noir’, full of bad choices, courage, and sudden disaster, all delivered at a break-neck pace.” – Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author on Canary


“Duane Swierczynski puts the rest of the crime-writing world on notice. So learn to spell the last name. He’s going to be around for a while.” – Laura Lippman, Edgar Award-winning author of Every Secret Thing on The Wheelman


“Swierczynski cleverly melds the thriller and fantasy elements (especially the notion of nonlinear time), producing a thoroughly readable, suspenseful romp.” – Bill Ott, Booklist on Expiration Date


“Swierczynski writes a brand of thriller whose pacing forces us to reexamine our casual use of the word breakneck” – Booklist on Severance Package


“Swierczynski is brilliant at fooling even savvy readers, and his jaw-dropping twists never compromise his exceptional character development.” – Publishers’ Weekly.