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Thanks – Jim

  —Michael Connelly (New York Times-bestselling author of THE SCARECROW)

 ”Taut and mesmerizing!  James Thompson chills and fascinates with his tale of dark deeds set amidst endless winter nights, proving in so many different ways that December in Finland can be deadly!”

 –Lisa Gardner, (New York Times-bestselling author of The Neighbor)

 “The laconic voice of Inspector Kari Vaara is at the same time dangerous and human, his world cold, barren, yet intriguingly exotic, his story fast, brutal, yet told with a sort of laid-back calm.”

 —Peter Høeg (author of  SMILLA’S SENSE OF SNOW)

 Snow Angels is a hard-boiled American-style mystery, painted on a backdrop of a Finnish winter, a climate of perpetual darkness and rampant alcoholism. It’s the kind of world that brings out the worst in people. The tone evokes Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, but the plot takes off fast, the themes are universal, and James Thompson tells a nightmare tale as only a bartender can.

 –Michael Simon (author of The Last Jew Standing)

 With Snow Angels, James Thompson establishes a fresh, Arctic blast of a new voice in crime fiction. My only regret is now having to wait out in the cold for the next one.

 –Tim Dorsey (author of Gator A-Go-Go)

 Snow Angels is a raw-edged noir thriller. Thompson keeps it foreign and darkly exotic, yet his protagonist, reminiscent of Spade, Marlowe, Hammer and Archer, is warmly recognizable. A classic American feel in the Arctic Circle—an incredible feat.

 –Lou Manfredo (author of Rizzo’s War)