From the Publisher
Eerie. . . . Sternbergh’s characters are intriguing, his plot is suspenseful and his outlook is endearingly dark. . . . Sternbergh is an original, grandly irreverent writer.” — Washington Post
“A thrilling Western unlike any you’ve read before.” — Vulture
“Expertly melds the thriller and the Western. . . . Truly original.” — Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers
“Crackles with noirish delights. . . . Sternbergh writes a beautiful sentence, even when the subject is mayhem, and he has a talent for lean, propulsive plotting.” — Newsweek
“Sternbergh shows again why he is one of the most inventive thriller writers working today.” — Booklist (starred review)
“A tense, broiling, 21st-century Western with a crafty premise.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“The newest release from the riveting Adam Sternbergh.” — Popsugar
“A quick-paced story of crime and deception.” — Dallas Morning News
“[An] exciting new thriller. . . . This book doesn’t pull any punches.” — Bookish
“Guilt, memory, and redemption swirl through this inventive science fiction-based thriller.” — Publishers Weekly
“Adam Sternbergh is a genre-bender of the highest caliber. Part thriller, part Western, part pulpy whodunit, The Blinds is a propulsive and meaningful meditation on redemption and loss. It’s witty, electrifying, vivid, and thoroughly original.” — Dennis Lehane, author of Since We Fell
“The Blinds is brilliantly original. Fast-paced, ranging, and inventive, Adam Sternbergh’s restless imagination once again conjures characters and scenarios with heartbreaking insight, peril, and startling stakes. Readers take heed; this is a hell of a ride.” — Smith Henderson, author of Fourth of July Creek
“Adam Sternbergh tops my list of drop-everything-and-read novelists. With hints of Charles Willeford and Philip K. Dick, and rendered with achingly beautiful prose, The Blinds plucks the strings of Sternbergh’s favored themes-identity, loss, meta-reality-creating a symphony of noirish grit and improbable grace.” — Gregg Hurwitz, author of The Nowhere Man
“The Blinds is a wild, fever-dream of a novel. Posing questions about the power-and peril-of running from the past, Sternbergh’s vivid vision and the people he brings to life will haunt you long after you turn the shocking final pages.” — Julia Dahl, author of Invisible City and Conviction
Dallas Morning News
A quick-paced story of crime and deception.
Lisa Ko
Expertly melds the thriller and the Western. . . . Truly original.
Vulture
A thrilling Western unlike any you’ve read before.
Washington Post
Eerie. . . . Sternbergh’s characters are intriguing, his plot is suspenseful and his outlook is endearingly dark. . . . Sternbergh is an original, grandly irreverent writer.
Booklist (starred review)
Sternbergh shows again why he is one of the most inventive thriller writers working today.
Popsugar
The newest release from the riveting Adam Sternbergh.
Newsweek
Crackles with noirish delights. . . . Sternbergh writes a beautiful sentence, even when the subject is mayhem, and he has a talent for lean, propulsive plotting.
Bookish
[An] exciting new thriller. . . . This book doesn’t pull any punches.
Smith Henderson
The Blinds is brilliantly original. Fast-paced, ranging, and inventive, Adam Sternbergh’s restless imagination once again conjures characters and scenarios with heartbreaking insight, peril, and startling stakes. Readers take heed; this is a hell of a ride.
Julia Dahl
The Blinds is a wild, fever-dream of a novel. Posing questions about the power-and peril-of running from the past, Sternbergh’s vivid vision and the people he brings to life will haunt you long after you turn the shocking final pages.
Dennis Lehane
Adam Sternbergh is a genre-bender of the highest caliber. Part thriller, part Western, part pulpy whodunit, The Blinds is a propulsive and meaningful meditation on redemption and loss. It’s witty, electrifying, vivid, and thoroughly original.
Gregg Hurwitz
Adam Sternbergh tops my list of drop-everything-and-read novelists. With hints of Charles Willeford and Philip K. Dick, and rendered with achingly beautiful prose, The Blinds plucks the strings of Sternbergh’s favored themes-identity, loss, meta-reality-creating a symphony of noirish grit and improbable grace.
Newsweek
Crackles with noirish delights. . . . Sternbergh writes a beautiful sentence, even when the subject is mayhem, and he has a talent for lean, propulsive plotting.
Washington Post
Eerie. . . . Sternbergh’s characters are intriguing, his plot is suspenseful and his outlook is endearingly dark. . . . Sternbergh is an original, grandly irreverent writer.
Vulture
A thrilling Western unlike any you’ve read before.
Bookish
[An] exciting new thriller. . . . This book doesn’t pull any punches.
Dallas Morning News
A quick-paced story of crime and deception.
Popsugar
The newest release from the riveting Adam Sternbergh.
Washington Post
Eerie. . . . Sternbergh’s characters are intriguing, his plot is suspenseful and his outlook is endearingly dark. . . . Sternbergh is an original, grandly irreverent writer.
Booklist (starred review)
Sternbergh shows again why he is one of the most inventive thriller writers working today.
Newsweek
Crackles with noirish delights. . . . Sternbergh writes a beautiful sentence, even when the subject is mayhem, and he has a talent for lean, propulsive plotting.
Associated Press Staff
Expertly melds the thriller and the Western. . . . Truly original.
Library Journal
03/15/2017
Sternbergh moves away from the New York setting of his Edgar-nominated debut, Shovel Ready, and its sequel, taking us to a remote Texas town called the Blinds. Its citizens, who have either committed or witnessed terrible crimes, have had their memories altered, but a suicide and murder in their midst has everyone uneasy. What's more, the sheriff has secrets to protect, especially from his new deputy. With a 50,000-copy first printing.
