Lost Girls

--The Boston Globe

''It's rare that a first novel is both brilliantly written and has a solid, carefully threaded plot, but Andrew Pyper pulls it off. Lost Girls is a terrifying thriller that successfully weaves small-town ghost tales and murders with a poignant, if creepy, redemption story.''

--New York Post

''[This] SPELLBINDING debut succeeds on many levels-- as a mystery, a legal thriller, a literary character study. . . . Crane's fundamental character is illuminated--gradually, with the same restrained suspense that makes Pyper's ingeniously tight plotline so compulsively appealing.''

--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

''EXQUISITE . . . Pyper's writing moves fluidly from moments of caustic wit to moments of striking insight and beauty.''

--The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

''SAVVY, STYLISH, AND VERY ENTERTAINING . . . Pyper's highly successful first novel is a teasing mystery that blossoms into nail-biting courtroom drama, seasoned with a carefully measured spoonful of the supernatural. . . . Pyper quickly builds, and skillfully maintains a full head of increasingly suspenseful steam, and keeps the reader off balance, and hooked, throughout.''

--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

''This SPLENDID debut mixes murder, brilliant language, sharply observed characters and a plot that draws readers toward psychological complexities.''

--Minneapolis Star Tribune

''[A] FASCINATING, LAYERED STORY. . . EXCELLENT.''

--Philadelphia Daily News

''A debut to remember and a real treat for crime-fiction fans . . . [An] extraordinarily mature and fully realized first novel . . . most memorable, though, is the character of narrator Crane, who undergoes one of the most complete yet credible moral metamorphoses in recent fiction.''

--Booklist (starred review)

''A CAPTIVATING TALE . . . [Pyper] enriches the story with an elegant writing style and a mood that fits his story perfectly.''

--The Denver Post

''A POWERFUL DEBUT . . . a spooky psychological thriller with a strangely compelling anti-hero.''

--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

''BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN, CLAUSTROPHOBIC . . . the brooding atmosphere is well maintained.''

--The Boston Sunday Globe

''An atmospheric work that seems gothic in tone . . . Andrew Pyper's ability to bring his story to life is brilliant and will leave readers clamoring for more.''

--Harriet Klausner, The Midwest Book Review

''What sets Lost Girls apart is its brilliant evocation of place and mood. . . . For readers who relish metaphor with their narrative meat, Lost Girls is a rich meal.''

--Macleans

''EXCEPTIONAL . . . Reads as though it were the secret love child of Alice Munro and Stephen King.''

--The Montreal Gazette