HARRY DOLAN'S NEW NOVEL
DON'T TURN AROUND
AVAILABLE NOW IN HARDCOVER, EBOOK, AND AUDIO EDITIONS.
COMING OUT IN PAPERBACK ON APRIL 15, 2025.
COMING OUT IN PAPERBACK ON APRIL 15, 2025.
"Don't Turn Around mixes police procedural, small-town scandal and childhood terror in ways that will keep you reading straight until the dawn."
— Tom Nolan, WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Tom Nolan, WALL STREET JOURNAL
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The police call him Merkury. He’s a killer who seems to choose his victims at random. He leaves no evidence behind, and no witnesses. Except for one.
When Kate Summerlin was eleven years old, she climbed out her bedroom window on a spring night, looking for a taste of freedom in the small college town where she and her parents were living. But what she found as she wandered in the woods near her house was something else: the body of a beautiful young woman, the first of Merkury’s victims. And before she could come to grips with what she was seeing, she heard a voice behind her, the killer’s voice, saying: “Don’t turn around.” Now, at the age of twenty-nine, Kate is a successful true crime writer, but she has never told anyone the truth about what happened on that long-ago night. When Merkury claims yet another victim—a college student named Bryan Cayhill—Kate finds herself drawn back to the town where everything started. She sets out to make sense of this latest crime, but the deeper she gets into the story, the more she comes to realize that it isn’t over. Her search for the truth about Merkury is leading her down into a dark labyrinth, and if she hopes to escape she’ll have to meet him once again—this time face to face. > Read the opening chapters of DON'T TURN AROUND |
"Canny spine-tingler Dolan brings his pot to such a rolling boil of violence and shocking revelations halfway through that you may wonder what could possibly follow . . . Go ahead and suspend your disbelief. Every shiver will tell you it’s worth it."
— Kirkus Reviews
"Harry Dolan manages to pull off some truly surprising revelations as the story twists and turns to its dramatic and seemingly inevitable conclusion. . . . This is a solid, suspenseful thriller that demands heads-down until the last page is turned."
— Criminal Element
— Kirkus Reviews
"Harry Dolan manages to pull off some truly surprising revelations as the story twists and turns to its dramatic and seemingly inevitable conclusion. . . . This is a solid, suspenseful thriller that demands heads-down until the last page is turned."
— Criminal Element
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THE GOOD KILLER"A satisfying crime novel. . . . Both action junkies and readers who like their thrillers on the cerebral side will find something to enjoy."
— PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "Propulsive. . . . Mr. Dolan's great gifts for storytelling, well displayed in his four previous books, are in even fuller evidence in 'The Good Killer,' a story somewhat larger in scope, thus allowing for yet more tension, suspense and surprising resolutions."
— Tom Nolan, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL "Highly gratifying. . . . In just five novels, Dolan has garnered a reputation for intelligent plots that gently weave in action with his well-sculpted characters’ believable motives and a soupcon of humor."
— Oline Cogdill, ASSOCIATED PRESS "Fun and entertaining. . . . The action never stops."
— Geoffrey Wansell, THE DAILY MAIL |
"If you’re up for a first-rate page turner, look no further than Harry Dolan’s The Good Killer.
Iraq vet Sean and his partner, Molly, have been living under the radar for years, harboring a virtually priceless secret and trying to remain invisible to a pair of dangerous enemies. Then, by sheer unfortunate happenstance, Sean uses his military training to take down a spree killer in a Houston mall. Sean makes a fairly clean getaway, but his face and license plate number are captured by mall security cams, and he becomes something of a reluctant celebrity. Meanwhile, Molly is attending a yoga seminar in Montana, where she is required to surrender her cell phone and renounce all contact with the outside world. Sean has no choice but to drive there and collect her before anyone else can. He heads north in an aging Camry with a faulty alternator, woefully under-armored vis-à-vis the opposing teams. The rest of the book is basically one long and harrowing chase scene, right up to the explosive climax.
Block out sufficient time to read The Good Killer in one sitting. It’ll be hard to stop once you get started."
— Bruce Tierney, BOOKPAGE
Iraq vet Sean and his partner, Molly, have been living under the radar for years, harboring a virtually priceless secret and trying to remain invisible to a pair of dangerous enemies. Then, by sheer unfortunate happenstance, Sean uses his military training to take down a spree killer in a Houston mall. Sean makes a fairly clean getaway, but his face and license plate number are captured by mall security cams, and he becomes something of a reluctant celebrity. Meanwhile, Molly is attending a yoga seminar in Montana, where she is required to surrender her cell phone and renounce all contact with the outside world. Sean has no choice but to drive there and collect her before anyone else can. He heads north in an aging Camry with a faulty alternator, woefully under-armored vis-à-vis the opposing teams. The rest of the book is basically one long and harrowing chase scene, right up to the explosive climax.
Block out sufficient time to read The Good Killer in one sitting. It’ll be hard to stop once you get started."
— Bruce Tierney, BOOKPAGE
"Perfect in every way."
— Joe Hartlaub, BOOKREPORTER
— Joe Hartlaub, BOOKREPORTER
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"Great f---ing book. . . .
I was totally hooked." — STEPHEN KING "Witty, sophisticated, suspenseful and endless fun." — The Washington Post "You better believe [Harry Dolan] has a gift for storytelling." — The New York Times "BAD THINGS HAPPEN is a very smart, well-written roller coaster ride that is always threatening to hurl the reader out into roaring empty space." — JAMES PATTERSON "Brilliant." — Chicago Tribune "A damn good story." — KARIN SLAUGHTER "Dolan gets everything right in his debut. . . . Pitch-perfect prose and sophisticated characterizations drive the noirish plot, which offers plenty of unexpected twists." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A hypnotically readable novel, with richly wrought characters, a corkscrew plot, and dialog worthy of Elmore Leonard." — DOUGLAS PRESTON [more...] BAD THINGS HAPPEN Amazon Barnes & Noble IndieBound iBooks Books-A-Million |
"A riveting crime novel . . .
Relentless pacing, a wry sense of humor, and an engaging protagonist add up to another winner for Dolan." — Publishers Weekly "With down-to-earth language, realistic dialogue, quirky but human characters and an off-kilter plot that brings to mind a Coen Brothers film, VERY BAD MEN is the mystery of the summer." — San Antonio Express-News "A second mind-bending case for Ann Arbor editor David Loogan that begins just as simply and ominously and takes the reader on just as wild a journey. . . . The rare crime novel with something for everyone who reads crime fiction." — Kirkus (starred review) "Smooth and appealing . . . The literate Loogan, who carries a Swiss Army knife instead of a gun and can improvise a weapon out of 500 sheets of recycled-bond paper, strikes an engaging tone between hard-boiled and whimsical." — The Wall Street Journal "Strong, well-developed, colorful characters, brisk dialogue and seemingly endless plot twists. . . . Easily one of the year's best mysteries." — Lansing State Journal [more...] VERY BAD MEN Amazon Barnes & Noble IndieBound iBooks Books-A-Million |
"Absorbing, exciting . . .
fast and unpredictable. . . . Mr. Dolan's characters are human enough to catch you off-guard, and he makes the actions of even the creepiest ones believable." — The Wall Street Journal "An entertaining mystery . . . Dolan has a talent for ingenious, serpentine plots." — The Washington Post "Dolan's seemingly effortless prose sets off dialogue that surprises and delights, and his intricate plot is simply dazzling: a twisting, shifting labyrinth of events, characters, and motivations." — Booklist (starred review) "[THE LAST DEAD GIRL] puts Dolan's gifts as a storyteller on full display. . . . You’re in for a suspenseful ride." — Publishers Weekly "[THE LAST DEAD GIRL has] shocking twists, complex plotting, bizarre situations, and striking characters that keep the reader intrigued . . . With just three books, Dolan is already a seasoned pro, worthy of high acclaim." — Library Journal "Excellent. . . . The twists and turns flow effortlessly." — Forbes Magazine [more...] THE LAST DEAD GIRL Amazon Barnes & Noble IndieBound iBooks Books-A-Million |
"Superior prose,
plotting, and characterization put Dolan in the top rank of crime novelists." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Grief can carry a heavy burden, burrowing into the heart, as Harry Dolan shows in his clever fourth mystery. THE MAN IN THE CROOKED HAT expertly splinters into several investigations. . . . Each plot tendril blissfully leads to the next as Dolan illustrates intelligent plotting. A hint of humor and a flair for the ironic also elevate the story." — The Associated Press "Mr. Dolan is a skillful writer. His well-balanced story is full of tension, sorrow, suspense and a lingering sense of uncertainty. . . . In the course of his gripping tale, Mr. Dolan makes even his strangest and most vile characters understandable—not to excuse but to explain them, with appropriate measures of pity and terror." — The Wall Street Journal "Delightfully deceptive. . . . Dolan is a masterful plotter and this story is brilliantly conceived. . . . Harry Dolan never disappoints." — Vick Mickunas, Book Nook, WYSO Radio [more...] THE MAN IN THE CROOKED HAT Amazon Barnes & Noble IndieBound iBooks Books-A-Million |
The Wall Street Journal names Very Bad Men one of the ten best mysteries of 2011
Kirkus names Very Bad Men one of the Best Books of 2011
The Wall Street Journal names The Last Dead Girl one of the ten best mysteries of 2014
Kirkus names Very Bad Men one of the Best Books of 2011
The Wall Street Journal names The Last Dead Girl one of the ten best mysteries of 2014
