Author Peter Blauner

Peter is the author of the Edgar-award winning Slow Motion Riot and the New York Times best-seller, The Intruder. Peter's most recent novel, Slipping Into Darkness is available in paperback.

After a long-sojourn in the underworld, Peter's second novel, Casino Moon, is back in print as part of the splendidly–illustrated Hard Case Crime paperback series, which has also revived titles by Pete Hamill, Lawrence Block and Donald Westlake.

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PRAISE for SLIPPING INTO DARKNESS

"The best New York thriller of the moment...wears its urban authority with ease."
   —Janet Maslin, New York Times

"It may very well be the crime novel of the year."
   —USA Today

"His portrait has a complexity that few authors could achieve."
   —The New Yorker

"Raw, savvy...A mystery with satisfying moral heft..."
   —Newsweek

"One of the best books I've read in a long, long time."
   —Stephen King

"Sublime"
   —Boston Globe

Read more reviews here.

NYC photo credit: Lynn Saville