Praise for Ross Thomas

"America''s best storyteller." -The New York Times Book Review

"Very few...are as consistently entertaining...even fewer can match him for style and power." -The New Yorker

"It''s good to see the world again through Ross Thomas'' cool, clear gaze." -Los Angeles Times

"Quintessential Thomas...that is about as high a compliment as a piece of popular fiction could be given...you can''t put the damn thing down." -The Washington Post Book World

"Among the many pleasures of reading it, one of the most satisfying is simply to watch Thomas juggling -- and never once dropping -- two complicated plots." -The Washington Post

"Plenty of sound-like-real-world dialogue, an edgy sense of menace, and a pip of a plot that wastes very few lines." -NY Daily News

"One thing sure about Ross Thomas'' novels: A reader won''t get bored waiting for the action to begin." -Newsday

"Thomas''s snappy dialogue moves the action along at a fast clip." -USA Today

"Mystery spine-tinglers don''t come much better than this one...Thomas spins his plot elements the way a Chinese juggler spins plates." -Publishers Weekly

"A nonstop festival of double-crossing, triple-crossing, quick dialogue, cynical panache, and cheerfully violent action...Unusually clever and flavorsome." -Kirkus Reviews

"A cynically funny, violent caper...Plenty of joyous connivance." -Time Magazine

"Ross Thomas is quite simply, a great writer. And Out on the Rim is a great book." -Robert B. Parker

"Watch out! Ross Thomas writes with a switchblade knife. Out on the Rim dazzles!" -Ed. McBain