The Last Six Million Seconds (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
“[A] fine and subtle thriller. . . . Intense and timely.” —Chicago Tribune“John Burdett is purely and simply a wonderful writer.” —The Washington Post Book World“Capture[s] the verve and excitement of Hong Kong in its heyday.” —Boston Herald “Enthralling.” —Publishers Weekly“John Burdett’s crime novels . . . are lovely and complex. . . . The reader is transported to a foreign world made familiar through the voice of his guide.” —The Denver Post “Burdett’s fever-dream mysteries recast the police procedural as psychedelic peep show.” —The New Yorker “You might find yourself addicted to Burdett’s sizzling prose.” —San Antonio Express News “John Burdett is writing the most exciting set of crime novels in the world.” —The Oregonian “Time and again, John Burdett breaks the crime-thriller mold. And then reassembles it, piece by piece. His narrative becomes more than the sum of its parts. . . . Thoroughly enjoyable.” —New York Journal of Books