It s Christmastime and Detective Carella gets assigned three murders including a bestselling author of ghost stories and is soon after ghosts, mediums, and a crazed killer. McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet even those we thought we already knew. New York Times Book Review Imagine your favorite Law & Order cast solving fresh mysteries into infinity, with no re-runs, and you have some sense of McBain s grand, ongoing accomplishment. Entertainment Weekly"