Ripper - Hardcover

"Allende's tightly plotted tale of crimes obvious and masked is sharply perceptive, utterly charming, and intensely suspenseful."--Booklist, starred review

"Appealing characters, a fast-paced plot, and a successfully imagined killer add up to great entertainment."--Library Journal

"[A] rip-roaring, entertaining crime novel... Allende remains a remarkable spinner of stories. Her prose is sparkling and graceful... her ability to portray passion and action undimmed. "Ripper" grabs you, toys with you, amuses you..."--Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Literary icon Isabel Allende mesmerizes with her first crime novel...this race-against-the-clock thriller is pure magic."--People Magazine, Four Stars

"[Allende's] facility with plotting and pacing will keep readers turning the pages."--Publishers Weekly

"The novelist's charming first murder mystery features an irresistible teenage sleuth."--New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice

"Thoroughly charming book... [A] lot of fun to read."--New York Times Book Review

"Allende doesn't miss a beat, smoothly exposing the underbelly of the city and the shenanigans of its wealthy elite. You might guess the identity of the killer before the last pages, but you won't care-the shocks and unexpected twists will keep you riveted until the end."--More Magazine

"It must have been surprising to discover that [Allende's] particular literary strengths - a talent for dramatization, a delight in world-building and a passion for investigating relationships between family members - lend themselves so well to a genre she's never bothered with before. I am hoping she'll continue her killings."--San Francisco Chronicle

"There are deliciously creepy elements in 'Ripper, ' much like those in the dark Scandinavian crime novels one of its characters loves."--Seattle Times