Comments on: The Best Stylist Writing Thrillers Today

By: Dude Andersone

Dude Andersone — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:37:51 +0000

Like the octopus who inhabits depths stained by clouds of it dark ichor, so too are you in your art.

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:13:02 +0000

@Laura — glad you like Harrison. My favorites of his are “Manhattan Nocturne”… “Afterburn”… and the “Havana Room”… and his latest, “Risk”… is also great, and much shorter. He hasn’t sold like he should sell, I think his stuff is too eloquent, edgy and smart for the mainstream thriller audience. Also — a tid-bit here — his wife is Kathryn Harrison, a very successful novelist in her own right. They’re sort of the ‘it couple’ in New York literary circles.

Thanks, too, for picking up my books. I fear they pale in comparison to Harrison (no alliteration intended there), but then again, everybody does. It’s like an audition and you have to sing right after Celine Dion.

By: Laura Thompson

Laura Thompson — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:38:26 +0000

Thanks for the recommendation Larry. I picked up three Harrison books two days ago (along with two of yours: PRESSURE POINT and DARKNESS BOUND), and I started BREAK AND ENTER first. Although I’m normally turned off by courtroom thrillers, I quickly discovered that although the novel opens at the scene of a horrific murder trial it is not what I thought it was. I read the first 200 pages last night, and I am so glad I read this review. I’d been looking for a new writer — new to me, at least — who is as charmed by the rhythm of language itself as well as the ability to tell a good story, and Harrison fits that mold perfectly. So many novels classified as “suspense” and “thriller” do not live up to their genres, so I’ve been a bit disappointed in the authors whose work I’ve picked up over the last couple of years.

All this to say, I’m excited to start your books and I’m forever in your debt for recommending this author. I’m working on my own first novel and I crave the inspiration of great storytelling and lyrical prose.

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:28:30 +0000

Thanks Sue. Your comment reminds me of why I’ve enjoyed working with you over the years. Your passion for writing is a source of energy for everyone.

By: Sue Bronson

Sue Bronson — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:43:58 +0000

Larry, the second paragraph of the Harrison review reminded me of why I liked your books so much: for readers who love words; paragraphs that unflinchingly plumb psychological depths without judgment or pulled punches; for people who revel in exquisite storytelling, who relish immersion into a world populated with characters who reflect our dreams and terrors and, perhaps most unsettling of all, our interpersonal demons; layered plotting, calculated pacing and the gritty realism of place, stories that unspool within a tableau of the unusual and the unexpected