Awards, Blurbs, and Reviews

Los Angeles Times Bestseller
September 2004 Booksense Pick
Featured Selection of Book-of-the-Month Club, The Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club, and Mystery Guild

“Fascinating… Intriguing… Filled will well-drawn characters, meticulous research and pulse-pounding action, The Program is easily one of the best thrillers of the year.”
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

“Hurwitz has been tapped as a younger, hipper Grisham… he certainly delivers in terms of pure, propulsive readability.”
THE WASHINGTON POST

“The Program is a white-knuckle journey into the dark heart of a mind-control cult. A compelling, riveting, dead-smart thriller, it explores one girl’s descent into a psychological underworld, and the deputy marshal who risks everything to save her. Tim Rackley is the best new series character around. If you haven’t discovered Gregg Hurwitz yet, get to a bookstore!”
JANET EVANOVICH

“Tough, true, well-written, and memorable as Hell, which, I hear, is memorable. Dray and Tim Rackley are uniquely believable and sympathetic heroes.”
JAMES PATTERSON

“Grounded in character and believable detail, Hurwitz’s thriller engages on every level.”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“Extraordinarily satisfying… A gripping read from start to finish.”
BOOKLIST

“In The Program Hurwitz again shows that he is a remarkable crime fiction writer, a solid member of the genre’s top echelon.”
MYSTERY NEWS

“Thriller writing at its best. This is taut, energetic prose that sucks you in and holds you till the very last page. Gregg Hurwitz goes on my list of must-read authors.”
TESS GERRITSEN

“The Program is pure nail-biting, stay-up-all-night suspense. Gregg Hurwitz rocks.”
HARLAN COBEN

“Finally! Intelligent writing mixed with nerve-tingling suspense. Another gripping read from an author who redefines the thriller. Gregg Hurwitz handcuffs you to his story and holds your emotions hostage. Once you enter The Program, there’s no leaving.”
RIDLEY PEARSON

“Gregg Hurwitz takes us on a rip-roaring thrill ride through the internecine workings of an evil cult. Tim and Dray Rackley are back and never better, as Rack navigates this dangerous river of darkness to save a young girl. A stick to your fingers read by a novelist at the top of his
game.”
STEPHEN J. CANNELL