Out of Jail, Out of Options, Out on a Limb
By JANET MASLIN
Published: March 8, 2007
"Funny, full of tricks, and very, very hard to put down...Great
fun."
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Book Roundup: Mysteries
BY Carol Memmott
Published: March 29, 2007
"Everyone loves hearing about the sucker who was scammed by a con artist. That's why Matthew Klein's Con Ed is such a guilty pleasure."
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Con You Top This?
By OTTO PENZLER
Published: March 14, 2007
"An outstanding con game novel...""
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Book Business: If Life Imitates Art, He’s in Big Trouble
By KATE STONE LOMBARDI
Published: March 11, 2007
"WHEN Matthew Klein sat down to write his thriller “Con Ed,” he had little taste for the standard heroes of the genre."
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WHODUNIT?: Spring mysteries bring twists and turns
April 2007
BY Bruce Tierney
"...Matthew Klein's clever Con Ed (is) a sure bet to amuse readers of Tim Cockey and Carl Hiaasen."
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By SARAH WEINMAN
Published: March 4, 2007
"Matthew Klein has a commanding, wry voice equally comfortable with one-liners as it is with introspection and character..."
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Scam Lights Up First Novel's Pages
By APRIL HENRY
Published: March 11, 2007
"The story doesn't have a single false note...always entertaining and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny."
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Mystery Book Review
Sunday, March 18, 2007
BY Michele Ross
"Matthew Klein's debut is charming, funny, surprising and instructive, should you ever need to raise $20 million really fast."
- VN Detective and Thriller
"Entertaining debut..."
- Sunday Telegraph
"A very strange and, yet, beguiling first novel.... Switchback is an excellent launch pad for this author. The brilliant writing carries you along with gusto and the plot is a very pretty little gem in itself."
(out of 5)
- Crimesquad.com
"One of the most accomplished and daring debut crime novels of 2006 .... a fantastic read..."
- The Book Place