"Beautifully imagined and beautifully written, this book does everything great fiction is supposed to." -- Lee Child "A stunning recreation of time and place that I greatly enjoyed.as will everyone who reads it." --Robert B. Parker "Big and ambitious, both reverent and original. Author Kelli Stanley has her eye on greatness." -- George Pelecanos "A powerful crime novel that perfectly captures the noir mood of San Francisco in the 40's. Stanley's dialogue bristles with attitude, the atmosphere is thick as the bay fog, and her protagonist is a great new dame in crime fiction.

A smart, stunning thriller." --Linda Fairstein "Evocative and taut.bursts with dark atmosphere. Fans of Raymond Chandler and Megan Abbott should add Stanley to their list of must-read authors." --Tasha Alexander "Blew me to ribbons. From the opening chapter, we're rooting for Miranda, a marvelous, feisty, compassionate heroine who is my favorite P.I. to come down the mean streets in oh, so long.

Polish up the Shamus, I know where it's heading this year." -- Ken Bruen "Stunning, pitch-perfect noir.conjures forth a lost, poignant, and darkly luminous San Francisco in which Hammett - and LA's Chandler - would feel immediately at home." --Cornelia Read, author of A Field of Darkness "Come.rush headlong into 1940's San Francisco. You'll be smoking two packs of Chesterfields and drinking Old Taylor straight from the bottle by the time you're done. Take a sip. I dare you.

" --Louise Ure, Shamus Award-winning author of The Fault Tree "One of my favorite novels of all time. Watch out, Sam Spade, Miranda Corbie is a woman hardboiled and feminine enough to keep you in line!" --Rebecca Cantrell, author of A Trace of Smoke "An explosive, important book.imbued with the colors, sounds, emotions and excitement of true history. The best part is an ending that will blow you away." --Laura Benedict, author of Isabella Moon.