"Booklist" (starred review)

Mary Frances Wilkens
...Part English cozy, part family saga, part courtroom drama, this genre-bending work of fiction is touching and enchanting... read more
"Library Journal"
  
Susan Clifford Braun
...The excellent courtroom drama and well-drawn, believable characters make this a good choice for popular fiction collections... read more
"Booksamillion.com"
BookPage Review
...Simon Tolkien has the potential to become a British John Grisham. Writing
in the shadow of his grandfather is certainly no easy task... read more
"Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" Robert A. Papinchak
...You may be drawn to the book because of the author's literary bloodline
but you will stay with it because of its own compelling merits... read more
"USA TODAY"
Carol Memmott
...a novel that stands on its own as a worthy addition to anyone's
mystery collection... read more
"Washington Post"
Patrick Anderson
...'Final Witness' is a remarkably skillful novel, brilliantly conceived and beautifully executed. The answer to the second question is more complicated... read more
"People Magazine"
Edward Karam
People Magazine voted "Page Turner of the Week"
...The twists keep coming until that last witness
. Highly convincing debut... read more
"Los Angeles Times"
Mark Rozzo
...Tolkien does pull off this mystery - half Christie and half Grisham - with a certain panache... read more
"Orlando Sentinal"
Ann Hellmuth
...The suspenseful Final Witness is exquisitely crafted, with rare insights into the dark side of human nature... read more
"Deseret News" Dennis Lythgoe
...Not only is he a natural storyteller, but he is gifted in description and in moving the plot along... read more
"Roanoke Times" Steve Urquhart
...the best Old Bailey murder trial mystery I've ever read... read more
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