"Delicious and addictive."—Salon.com"The book is beautifully written in a tight, quirky style that distinguishes Gran as one of the more original writers working today."—Bruce DeSilva, Associated Press"Rea...

"A distinctive new American voice in mystery fiction." —NPR's Fresh Air When Claire DeWitt's ex-boyfriend Paul Casablancas, a musician, is found dead in his Mission District house, Claire is on the case. Paul's wife and t...

A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that's replaced by obscene insults. Amanda—a successful architect in a happy marriage—finds her life going off kilter by degrees. She starts smoking again, and...