The Last Policeman

Ben H. Winters is an Edgar Award winner and a New York Times best-selling author. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

"The best genre fiction holds a mirror up to society while also providing edge-of-the-seat excitement, and The Last Policeman did that and more."--"Las Vegas City Life" ".".."a heck of a lot of fun."--"Locus" "Winters constructs a sturdy, functional, entertaining page-turner."--Greg Cook, WBUR.org "I'm eager to read the other books, and expect that they'll keep me as enthralled as the first one did."--Mark Frauenfedler, "Boing Boing"" "."."."darkly intriguing..."--"Discover "magazine "Full of compelling twists, likable characters, and a sad beauty, "The Last Policeman" is a gem."--"San Francisco Book Review" ..".resonant and powerful."--"Locus" "This is a book that asks big questions about civilization, community, desperation and hope."--"io9" ..".an entertaining and well-plotted tale."--"Wired.com's GeekDad" "I'm in the middle of it and can't put the dang thing down."--"USA Today's Pop Candy" ..".sharp, funny, and deeply wise."--"Slate.com" ""The Last Policeman "succeeds both as a mystery, with a quirky detective and an intriguing whodunit, and as a piece of apocalyptic speculative fiction. That's good news. The even better news is that this novel is supposed to be the first of a planned trilogy, with each case occurring closer to the moment when, as Henry repeatedly notes, 'Bam!' And that is something we can anticipate with a good feeling."--"Sacramento News & Review" "Winters is masterful in crafting a plausible image of a society that's hanging onto sanity by its fingernails as it teeters on the edge of mass hysteria....This is a novel that grabs ahold of you and doesn't let you go until the very end."--"The Nashua Telegraph" "If the next two books are as good as this one, I can't wait for the end of the world."--"Asbury Park Press" ..".a solidly plotted whodunit with strong characters and excellent dialogue...This memorable tale is the first of a planned trilogy