Michael Genelin

Michael Genelin makes unfamiliar worlds seem knowable, and does so with great style.

Pete Hamill, author of North River

A man who knows crime, knows Europe, and knows how to write...

Thomas Perry

A master storyteller

Library Journal

[Genelin] depicts vividly the effects of old-style corruption on the burgeoning democratic society in present-day Slovakia, and can weave together a fast-moving whodunit populated with flamboyant characters who flit through the European capitals…Every character, major or minor in the plot, just about jumps off the page. Mr. Genelin seems incapable of writing a dull page

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Genelin effectively brings a relatively unknown country like modern Slovakia to life for American readers.

Booklist

Genelin ratchets up the suspense with smooth prose, evocative locales and distinctive characters who leap from the page

Publishers Weekly

Lawyer-author Genelin once served with the U.S. Department of Justice in Central Europe, so he knows his turf well. Fans of Olen Steinhauer’s early Eastern Bloc thrillers (The Bridge of Sighs, etc.) should find similar delights in the Commander Matinova books.

The Rap Sheet

Genelin presents characters with the kind of descriptive economy and dialogue that makes them instantly recognizable while keeping the details of the narrative moving forward. Enhancing all of this is Genelin’s portrayal of Bratislava. He is obviously well versed in both the terrain and its history, but presents it through Matinova’s perspective so that it has all the familiarity of anybody’s hometown... While the settings may seem exotic, Genelin reminds us that there are no borders when it comes to such human traits as greed and desperation.

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