'Hardback fiction worth looking out for' -- Publishing News 20051111 'A most satisfying murder mystery' -- Bookseller 24 Feb 20051111 'Really outstanding crime fiction is rare ... so it's a joy to see Louis Bayard pull off this coup ... As gory and melodramatic as Poe's own writing ...brilliantly plotted and completely absorbing, ending with the kind of shock that few novelists are able to deliver' -- Sunday Times / Culture 'Bayard's shockingly clever and devoutly unsentimental new mystery reads like a lost classic ... Bayard reinvigorates historical fiction, rendering the 19th century as if he'd witnessed it firsthand' -- New York Times Book Review 20060701 'An immensely satisfying whodunit, richly imaginative ...Good, clean homicidal fun' -- The Times: Kate Saunders 20060701 'The Pale Blue Eye kept me transfixed ...a moody, cunning mystery ... In the course of the narrative, Bayard ingeniously weaves in motifs from Poe's work to thrilling effect' -- Observer/ Review 20060701 'A Dickensian thriller strong on atmosphere' -- Sunday Telegraph 20060701 'Louis Bayard is a writer of remarkable gifts: for language, for imagination, for that mysterious admixture of audacity and craftsmanship that signals a major talent in the making' -- Joyce Carol Oates 20060701 'A tour de force, an intense and gripping novel ... This beautifully crafted thriller stands head and shoulders about other recent attempts to fictionalise Poe' -- Publishers Weekly 20060701 'In THE PALE BLUE EYE, Louis Bayard pays a stunning and fitting tribute to Edgar Allan Poe -- not only in his crafting of a twisty, Gothic mystery that would have delighted the master himself, but in his use of a young Poe as a character. A gorgeous, melancholic tale from a fearless writer. I can't wait to see what Bayard does next' -- Laura Lippman, author of To the Power of Three 20060701 'Dazzling' -- Scotsman 20060701 'A fictional mystery in a real historical background' -- Sunday Telegraph 20060701