F. Paul Wilson: "I love a good science thriller, and this one is a helluva read." Starred Review, Publishers Weekly: "Superior science fiction thriller. . . . Boland's taut atmospherics are top-notch, and the evolutionary themes he explores are easily accessible to nonscientists." Mystery Scene review: "A riveting scientific suspense novel on the order of the popular Preston and Child thrillers. . . . Boland makes complicated theories about DNA and genetically linked illnesses easily understood. And in contrast to many science-heavy suspense novelists, Boland also has the ability to create...

Publishers Weekly: "A mix of old-line Commies, red-diaper babies and more recent Russian emigres. . . . Engaging." Tamar Gillespie, a young artist married to a disabled policeman, cares nothing for the political passions that roiled her small Connecticut community fifty years ago. But when the community board agrees to host a family of Jewish refugees from the new Russia, Tamar finds that idealism can hide darker truths. Are these truths better left buried, even if they conceal a murder? For Tamar, who has plunged into an extramarital affair, the answer as to what should remain hidden is far...

An uneasy man in a brutal business: Nine stories, including the Edgar-nominated "Marley's Revolution," follow CIA case officer Charles Marley in his career of lies and seduction. He is adept, according to the people who run him, at turning other countries' spies with money and empty promises. His other talent is self-deception, about women and politics. By the author of The Man Who Knew Brecht. John C. Boland's short fiction has been nominated for Edgar, Derringer, Shamus and International Thriller Writers awards.

New York stockbroker Don McCarry is always open to a deal, even when the deal leads to a shifty bunch running a desert farming company in Israel. What he finds isn't all bad news: There's a shapely Sabra named Esther who's more than willing to show him the sights . . . of every sort. It's the guys who want to see him dead who are the problem. Unfortunately for McCarry (Brokered Death, The Seventh Bearer), with this crowd death is business as usual. "Roars along like a BMW in heat." Kirkus Reviews. "Hang on around the corners." Washington Times. "A wry, intelligent Wall Street mystery."...