Praise for Secret Dead Men
Swierczynskis 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.
