Don't Ever Look Back

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Daniel Friedman's debut hit novel, Don't Ever Get Old, was a huge critical and word-of-mouth success; was nominated for the Edgar, Thriller, and Anthony Awards; and won Best First Novel for the Macavity Awards. Friedman's unforgettable 88-year-old protagonist Buck Schatz is back and living at a retirement home. He's downright miserable being treated like the elderly person he is. But soon a man from his past pays Buck a visit and offers Buck a tidy sum for a favor. Buck agrees. Alas, things go rapidly downhill from there. Way downhill. Written in Buck's signature voice and featuring a mystery that will knock your socks off, Don't Ever Look Back is another home run by an author with a long and all-star-studded career ahead of.

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"Alternately humorous and moving sequel . . . The howdunit of the 1965 crime will please Golden Age puzzle fans." --Publisher's Weekly (starred review)

"Enjoy the plot, which even has a locked-room mystery packed into it. Savor the resonant prose as a reminder of how flabby much best-seller writing has become. Delight in Buck's deadpan humor, but don't fall for it. No codger cuteness here; his nastiness can shock." --Booklist

"Don't Ever Look Back is a funny, smart, and vibrant work of crime fiction. Good luck finding anything more from a novel this year." --Wiley Cash, New York Times bestselling author

Author Bio

Daniel Friedman is a graduate of the University of Maryland and NYU School of Law. He lives in New York City. Don't Ever Get Old won a Macavity Award for Best First Novel, and Lionel Wigram, the producer of four Harry Potter films and, the Sherlock Holmes sequel, is both producing and writing the script for the movie version.