"Blistering.... As carefully plotted as a surgeon's heart transplant.... [Burke] writes with style, class and precision; just try to guess the identity of the killer here. A-"--Les Roberts, Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Alafair Burke's first standalone is an absolutely riveting must read--and the ending is a shocker you'll never see coming."--Lisa Scottoline, New York Times-bestselling author of Save Me
"Sensational.... Exciting.... Alice is a compelling heroine and the nightmare she finds herself dropped into is scary believable."--Carole E. Barrowman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Addictive.... Alafair Burke delivers her best book to date with her first stand-alone thriller.... A masterful read. Humphrey is an everywoman, and readers will care about what happens to her.... Compelling."--Jeff Ayers, Associated Press
"Long Gone is a red-hot firecracker of a thriller with all the right stuff-perfect pacing, plotting, and suspense. If you already love Alafair Burke's novels, buckle up for her best book ever. If you haven't read her yet, the time is now."--Lisa Unger, New York Times-bestselling author of Darkness My Old Friend
"Long Gone is the type of book that should come with a warning. It's a compulsively readable, highly addictive story. The ending will leave you breathless."--Karin Slaughter, New York Times-bestselling author of Fallen
"Long Gone is a tremendous novel, and Alafair Burke is one of the finest young crime writers working today."--Dennis Lehane, New York Times-bestselling author of Moonlight Mile
"Alafair Burke understands the criminal mind. Long Gone is both an education and an entertainment of the first order. This is a very clever and very smart novel by a very clever and smart writer. The dialogue crackles, the plot is intriguing, and the pacing is perfect."--Nelson DeMille, New York Times-bestselling author of The Lion
"Burke's first stand-alone novel is a chilling psychological thriller which weaves disparate characters together in a web of revenge, deceit and betrayal. This clever, twisting plot serves up numerous victims and numerous criminals--plus police who can't be bothered with the truth."--Romantic Times (4 1/2 Stars)
“Long Gone is a tremendous novel, and Alafair Burke is one of the finest young crime writers working today.”
--Dennis Lehane, author of Moonlight Mile
Echoing the intensity of Harlan Coben’s Tell No One and the psychological depth of Laura Lippman’s What the Dead Know, Alafair Burke’s first stand-alone novel catapults her into the top ranks of modern suspense. In New York City’s cut-throat world of art, appearances can be deceiving—especially when art world newcomer Alice Humphrey becomes a suspect in a gruesome murder at a Chelsea gallery, and is thrown into a treacherous labyrinth of intrigue, crime, and conspiracy. Now, Alice must discover the truth behind the murder before the unsolved mystery claims her as its next victim.