• Terrific. I love this book! Absolutely love it. This is the first fresh literary voice I've heard in years. Sara Gran recombines all the elements of good, solid story-telling and lifts something original from a well-loved form.
Sue Grafton

I just burned through Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead, and it's the first truly fantastic book I've read this year. Gran's evocation of the exposed wounds of New Orleans - before and after the storm - is a master-class in descriptive and emotive writing, and Claire is one of the most exciting new characters in years; a Raymond Chandler heroine with just enough of an off-beat vibe to tilt the whole thing enticingly off-kilter. Everything here - from the smallest touches to the grander mythology setting the tone of the series - just sings.--Drew Williams, Little Professor Book Center

• Not your mother's girl detective, Claire DeWitt is a cool blend of Nancy Drew and Sid Vicious. With Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead, Sara Gran has pulled the traditional female sleuth into the twenty-first century with a novel that's smart and hip, dark and funny. I can't wait for the next one.
Alafair Burke, author of LONG GONE

• This is not just a mystery novel but also a novel about mysteries; Claire DeWitt is a detective less by choice than by calling. With “City of the Dead,” Sara Gran has written something truly splendid and unique, and if we’re all very lucky, there will be more.
Craig Clevenger, author of The Contortionists Handbook and Dermaphoria

• Sara Gran does hard-boiled with a sociologist's eye. This is deeply intelligent fiction that cuts deep and captures a city's soul. Claire DeWitt's power will sneak up on you...
Attica Locke, author of Black Water Rising

• A big recommendation for CLAIRE DeWITT AND THE CITY OF THE DEAD.
Sarah Weinman

• I love, love, love it ... Claire Dewitt is Lisbeth Salander, but written by a woman.
Nikki Furrer, Puddin'head Books, St. Louis