Description: "This is a book that asks big questions about civilization, community, desperation and hope."- io9 "...an entertaining and well-plotted tale."- Wired.com's GeekDad "I'm in the middle of it and can't put the dang thing down."- USA Today's Pop Candy "...sharp, funny, and deeply wise."- Slate.com " The Last Policeman succeeds both as a mystery, with aquirky detectiveand anintriguing whodunit, and as a piece ofapocalyptic speculative fiction. That's good news. The even better news is that this novel is supposed to be the first of a planned trilogy, with each case occurring closer to the moment when, as Henry repeatedly notes, 'Bam!'And that is something we can anticipate with a good feeling."- Sacramento News & Review "Winters is masterful in crafting a plausible image of a society that's hanging onto sanity by its fingernails as it teeters on the edge of mass hysteria....This is a novel that grabs ahold of you and doesn't let you go until the very end."- The Nashua Telegraph "If the next two books are as good as this one, I can't wait for the end of the world."- Asbury Park Press "...a solidly plotted whodunit with strong characters and excellent dialogue...This memorable tale is the first of a planned trilogy."- Booklist "This thought-provoking mystery should appeal to crime fiction aficionados who like an unusual setting and readers looking for a fresh take on apocalypse stories."- Library Journal "Ben Winters vividly describes the decline of civilization in this pre-apocalyptic story, and spins a wonderful tale...This engrossing story is the first in a planned trilogy. It is a well-written mystery that will have readers eagerly awaiting the second installment."- NY Journal of Books " The Last Policeman presents a fascinating portrait of a pre-apocalyptic United States."- Tor.com "Ben Winters makes noir mystery even darker: his latest novel sets a despondent detective on a suspicious suicide case-while an asteroid hurtles toward earth."- Wired magazine "Normally, only Stephen King and Dean Koontz can suck me into a book and not release their stranglehold until I, exhausted from lack of sleep, have turned the last page. Now [Ben Winters] has joined their ranks... The Last Policeman isextraordinary-as well as brilliant, surprising, and, considering the circumstances, oddly uplifting."- Mystery Scene magazine " Absolutely outstanding, I completely loved it from start to finish and I'm already rueing the fact that there will only be two more in the series...this gets the highest recommendation I can give. Buy it."- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel "A promising kickoff to a planned trilogy. For Winters, the beauty is in the details rather than the plot's grim main thrust."- Kirkus Reviews ,STARRED review

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