Critical Acclaim
"Pretty damn good stuff. Uh-Huh. Yup." -- Goofy
"The Juan
Doe Murders... Forensic specialist Smokey Brandon [is in] a
nerve-wracking but most satisfying quest for the truth... A well-focused and
appealing series addition (after Carcass
Trade and The World The Color of
SALT) for all collections."
-- The
Library Journal, November 1, 2000
"Painfully unsentimental, with
every bruise, emotional as well as physical, described with ice-cold
candor. Count on it: If she went mano a mano with Kay Scarpetta,
Smokey would win the bloody scalpel award." -- Kirkus Reviews
"THE JUAN DOE MURDERS [is] a keeper ...
There is quite simply no one presently writing in the American mystery genre who
can bring their readers into the middle of a crime scene the way that Noreen
Ayres does. ... Highest possible recommendation." -- Joe Hartlaub, www.bookreporter.com
"Smokey returns for another hot and heavy adventure. ...The author has given her a good brain to go with her dashing style." -- Marilyn Stasio, New York Times
"I loved the book. Smokey is a
kick-ass character. I hope to see more of her soon." -- James Crumley, author
"Dirty Dancing with country music,
scooter trash, gross-out autopsies, and all the raunchy bravado to prove that
neither you nor Kay Scarpetta has half the
cojones of Smokey Brandon." --
Kirkus Reviews
"Smokey's appearance is as gritty as a mouthful of ashes, offering a convincing, high-speed chase for readers who don't mind riding with tattooed hog lovers." -- Publishers weekly
"The heroine's friends call her Smokey. You will call her terrific. -- Maxine O'Callaghan, author
"Smokey Brandon is a complex, appealing protagonist, an equal to the more celebrated heroines of modern mystery fiction." -- Les Roberts, The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"You gotta
love a heroine who can spit out lines such as 'you shouldn't mix whiskey and
lonely in a low-light apartment when you're alone.'" -- West Coast Review of
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