This is perfect pleasure.The people in Altman’s world are three-dimensional, original, completely outside the stereotypical cardboard of most suspense these days.If you like the occasional thriller, if you long for something that will not insult your intelligence as it fixes you to the edge of your seat, read The Watchmen.

– Book-of-the-Month Club

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This is espionage fiction at its very best.

– Ed McBain, New York Times bestselling author

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Not only a well-told story, but a moving one.

– The Washington Post

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Altman’s blend of suspense, action, psychological depth, and moral murk makes this a wonderful espionage thriller for a Code Orange age.

– Publishers Weekly

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Forget the competition for thriller of the year. John Altman has already won it, with The Watchmen.

– St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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