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"Waiwaiole has been praised for his mastery of the detective noir genre, but he does more here than channel Raymond Chandler. He respects the conventions of the genre but makes it more believable by making his main character more nuanced ... I found all three Wiley books intelligent, satisfying, engrossing reads of the kind that are welcome on a rainy Sunday when all you want to do is curl up and go somewhere else in your mind."
--Honolulu Advertiser

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Wiley's Shuffle Gets Starred Review From Kirkus!!!

"Neo-noir spoken here, even more fluently than in Wiley's striking debut. ... When a friend calls and says she's in trouble, it's meat and drink for Wiley, the quintessential noir anti-hero (dark demeanor, heart of gold). He drops everything to go to her aid. ... Dookie, her malevolent pimp, ...is a true monster, maybe the most unregenerate, over-the-top baddie in recent crime fiction. ... Wiley does it all: He shuffles, deals, and scores impressively. We may be watching the emergence of a major talent."
--Kirkus Reviews (A star is assigned to books of unusual merit, determined by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.)

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"From beginning to end, Wiley's Lament is impressively written. Its opening sentence is to die for. ... And there are many more examples where Waiwaiole chooses exactly the right phrase for the right occasion to capture the bleakness and gritty atmosphere that permeates both Wiley's life and this entire novel. ... Lono Waiwaiole may be the newest member of the Class of Noir, but it's my bet he'll be sticking around when other classmates are forgotten."
--January Magazine

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