Stay

“Griffith has a fine way with character and a sure talent.”

—Los Angeles Times

“Stay is a bracing, stylized thriller, but Griffith’s real genius is in her portrayal of the brilliant, though damaged, Aud, who embodies the traits of the mythical Norse berserker; a woman who loses herself in the beauty and balletic control of pure violence yet seeks salvation…. A finely nuanced, frightening plunge into the dark heart of an exceptional woman.”

—The Village Voice

“Griffith’s tautly balanced prose perfectly complements her heroine’s erratic progress…. [She] skillfully links sensual details with emotional content, anchoring us firmly in Aud’s brutal, beautiful world.”

—The Seattle Times

“Stay is simply gorgeous—a powerful character study in the rough domain of mystery and adventure.”

—Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina

“Griffith employs a crime thriller’s page-turning audacity and hard-boiled heroine without succumbing to cheap genre clichés. Like the protagonist, the language has a steely snap to it…. Stay is a captivating read.”

—Out

“Aud, the protagonist of this novel, is an intuitive, old-fashioned sleuth who would do Elmore Leonard proud.”

—Entertainment Weekly

“Griffith’s prose is at once brutal and beautifully wrought. Stay has a central character both hardboiled and a softie at heart, and momentum like a car wreck.”

—The San Diego Union-Tribune