Reviews
Praise for The Silencer: "As vividly as they wear their regional colors, [Hall's] characters have one thing in common with their counterparts on the coast: a love of the land so fierce it breeds both righteous eco-warriors and plundering thieves, often in the same family." -- New York Times Book Review "Can anyone match Hall's ability to combine thoughtful, character-driven drama with bloodthumpingly in-the-moment existential thrills? No, no one can." -- Booklist (starred review) "The story jump[s] until the very end." -- Associated Press "Superlative....Hall steadily ratchets the suspense while seamlessly combining elements of Florida's natural history with elements of the state's early development and overdevelopment." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Hall ranks with James Lee Burke as a brilliant stylist, lyricist and novelist as well as storyteller." -- Providence Journal (RI), " Dead Last is a mystery with multiple layers, with Thorn pursuing a ruthless and clever killer as well as diving into his own past - two paths that will have a shocking convergence." - St. Petersburg Times "Thorn, that Key Largo loner whose renegade style always gets results, has written another page-turner, this time with a surprising twist. [...]Which, if any, of these leading suspects, is the right one? As if that weren't enough of a puzzle, Thorn gets the surprise of his life in the course of the investigation." -Valerie Ryan, Shelf Awareness "Hall combines crisp prose, solid psychology, sardonic humor, and glimpses of an edgy, fast-changing Florida into a suspenseful and satisfying whole." -- Publishers Weekly on Dead Last, Thorn, that Key Largo loner whose renegade style always gets results, has written another page-turner, this time with a surprising twist. [...]Which, if any, of these leading suspects, is the right one? As if that weren't enough of a puzzle, Thorn gets the surprise of his life in the course of the investigation., Hall combines crisp prose, solid psychology, sardonic humor, and glimpses of an edgy, fast-changing Florida into a suspenseful and satisfying whole., Dead Last is a mystery with multiple layers, with Thorn pursuing a ruthless and clever killer as well as diving into his own past -- two paths that will have a shocking convergence.
