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Moore writes beautiful, careful prose and presents with an atmospheric story…he excels in the sensuousness of his writing: food, sex, alcohol—he fully engages all of the senses. Absinthe, oysters, the painter John Singer Sargent, a classic car, and a string of disturbing deaths, possibly brought about by poison, make this dark tale memorable.
— Kirkus Reviews
Confident, mesmerizing, edgy and very cool. So much happens on every page, it's almost dizzying. Hitchcock should come back from the grave and film this story.
— Howard Norman, National Book Award nominee and author of Next Life Might Be Kinder
… [an]exquisite tale of obsession…the sympathetic, though brutally flawed hero and the shocking, Hitchcock-esque finale make this psychological thriller a must-read.
— Publishers Weekly starred, boxed review
Jonathan Moore has written a wickedly smart, emotionally complex novel that will haunt you long after you turn the last page. Whether you find it seductively terrifying or terrifyingly seductive, in my mind, The Poison Artist is better than Hitchcock.
— Lou Berney, bestselling author of The Long and Faraway Gone
The Poison Artist is an electrifying read, building from shock to shock. I read the last 100 pages in a single sitting. The last chapter is an absolute stunner. I haven’t read anything so terrifying since Red Dragon.
— Stephen King
A magnificent, thoroughly unnerving psychological thriller written in a lush, intoxicating style. I dare you to look away.
— Justin Cronin best-selling author of The Passage Trilogy
The Poison Artist is an elegant, gripping, hair-raising gothic chiller, a wicked mix of Poe, The Silence of the Lambs, and Vertigo. Settle in for a long night of reading -- once this one grabs you, it doesn't let go.
— William Landay, author of Defending Jacob
Nerve-shredding, darkly captivating and deeply unsettling, The Poison Artist is one of those rare pitch-perfect thrillers. A brilliantly-evoked fever dream of a novel.
— Stav Sherez
THE POISON ARTIST takes an old film noir set-up - man meets femme fatale and starts to fear that she might be even more dangerous than she looks - and brings it into the modern world...a superior cat and mouse story, with an effective twist in the tail.
— Mail on Sunday
... recalling not only Poe and West Coast noir, but also literary tales of heroes besotted with belle dames sans merci.
— Sunday Times
Spiralling down from dream into nightmare, The Poison Artist is thoroughly unnerving and classily executed.
— The Observer
...this thriller's twists become as dark and intoxicating as the bars where the mystery begins.
— Sunday Mirror
Patient, stylish and incredibly suspenseful.
— Lee Child
Moore has a great gift for the macabre and the creepy.
— The Times
The Poison Artist is a rare thing: a totally new take on the mystery-thriller genre . . .The writing is top-notch, wonderfully evoking a dark and foggy San Francisco where ghosts of the past color the bloody events of the day. Grade: A
— Cleveland Plain Dealer
….this is a cinematic and phantasmagoric treat... Obsession and violent death collide in an elegantly written thriller.
— The Independant
With its crisp, vivid writing - not a word is wasted - and multi-layered plotting, The Poison Artist is as satisfying as it is deeply unsettling. Moore has conjured a disjointed but gorgeous absinthe dream that enfolds the reader like a deadly fog. Highly recommended.
— Guardian
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