Orient

"Engrossing....[t]he characters are drawn in vivid detail, and the atmosphere is thickly enveloping." -- New York Times

"A classic page-turner that would make a fine companion to a towel and beach chair, but also delves deeper into modern paranoia regarding money, class and sexuality." -- Newsday

"A gorgeously written book whose literary chops are beyond doubt. Come for the prose, and stay for the murders." -- USA Today

"This is beach reading that's as intelligent as it is absorbing." -- People

"Thrilling and suspenseful with subtle shots of hijinks hilarity, this book will have you feeling like you can't possibly turn the pages fast enough." -- Elle.com

"Bollen keeps you guessing until the end of this intriguing, fatalistic novel." -- Miami Herald

"...a book of real intelligence and line-by-line dexterity..." -- Chicago Tribune

"...a seductive new literary thriller....Orient is a novel of sophisticated malice filled with people we love to loathe, and all the better for it." -- New York Daily

"The test of a thriller is arguably in the resolution, and Orient's is satisfyingly tense. The guessing game takes in the whole community, all well-drawn, and all with motives to kill..." -- Financial Times

"Bollen takes a real place--the North Folk of Long Island--and weaves a mesmerizing fictional web of characters and mysteries into a story that is as viscerally thrilling as it is intellectually precise." -- BookPage

"The writer keeps us guessing about the perpetrator(s) behind the murders until the last chapter, but it is the placement of the story in such a well-detailed, realistic environment that separates Orient from most other books in the genre." -- CT News

Advance Praise for Orient
"The quaint seaside village of Orient is not as pleasant as it seems, and Christopher Bollen will hold you spellbound as he reveals its secrets. A truly well-crafted and literate murder mystery that recalls the worlds of both P.D. James and Twin Peaks." -- Nelson DeMille

"Orient is a compelling novel of tragic suspense. Bollen has a gift for tightly drawn characters and an ominous sense of place." -- A. M. Homes

"The Great Gatsby meets Donna Tartt. Suspenseful, beautifully written, and wonderfully atmospheric, Orient is that rare treat that is both a page-turner and a book you will want to savor." -- Philipp Meyer

"Orient is a taut and elegant suspense novel about strangers and strangeness, suspicion and forgiveness, reinvention and confession." -- Joshua Ferris, author of To Rise Again At A Decent Hour