Named one of the Best Crime Novels of the Year by The Los Angeles Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Kansas City Star, and England's Daily Telegraph.

Nominated for the Strand Magazine Critics Award for Best Mystery Novel of the Year.

“Reminiscent of Dennis Lehane's Mystic River, [The Strangler] takes us into a dark world where goodness is smothered and villainy thrives. ... I was completely riveted.”
— Boston Globe

“Expect to see The Strangler on many best-of lists.”
— Baltimore Sun

“The Strangler may turn out to be the [darkest] crime novel of the year. And also the best.”
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Landay's skillful, realistic characterization of the brothers makes each one likable and noble in his own fashion. Even the secondary characters are intriguing ... But it's the various plots that make this book a standout. Landay's deftness in weaving them together without dropping a single thread makes for a terrific read. ... This is not one to miss.”
— Kansas City Star

“... genre fiction, but of a high order ... an impressive and satisfying performance”
— Washington Post

“a gripping, atmospheric saga”
— The Wall Street Journal

“The Strangler is a meaty, ambitious book, made all the more powerful by an author unafraid to tackle the complexities of moral ambiguity.”
— The Guardian (UK)

“William Landay won a CWA Dagger for his impressive first novel, Mission Flats. The Strangler is, if anything, even better: a gripping, grown-up tale, punctuated by shocks, that leads to a shattering conclusion.”
— The Evening Standard (UK)

“[Landay's] been touted as the natural successor to George V. Higgins, and I agree. A dense and satisfying novel of crime and retribution.”
— The Independent (UK)