Quotes
“James Sallis is one of our greatest living crime writers and Willnot continues an almost unseemly streak of excellence. Try to get his words, his stories, his people out of your head. Just try.” Laura Lippman, New York Times bestselling author
“Jim Sallis’ Willnot is a slippery, poetic mystery that becomes a love story to small town America.” Ian Rankin, New York Times bestselling author
“The discovery of a mass grave in the woods outside present-day Willnot, a small Southern town, opens this sly, nuanced tale from Sallis…Sallis is without peer when it comes to interweaving seemingly disparate narrative threads, and his work consistently challenges readers to question their assumptions about themselves and other people.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Part noir mystery and part small-town slice of life…Sallis’ latest has a lot to recommend it: an ingenious and unusual use of the MacGuffin; pungent dialogue; a world that’s either dark shot through with abundant light or light shot through with abundant dark; likable, complex characters. A brisk and sure-handed treat.” Kirkus Reviews