Kirkus Also Reviewed The Haze!

This is a bit late, but I’m mentioning it now because I’ve just rebuilt my whole website and I’m slowly gathering the important things in one place. Kirkus Reviews reviewed The Haze and called it “a knotty and satisfying tale of action, drama, and secrets.” They also singled out the writing itself—how the island and its city come alive on the page—and noted that the story is twisty, full of duplicity and deception, with complicated characters whose loyalties and motives keep shifting.

What I also appreciated is that they noticed the structural side of it: the tangled bureaucracy, the layers of intelligence work, and the way the plot keeps Hector moving through a web of competing agendas. That’s exactly the kind of spy story I wanted to write, and it’s encouraging to see a serious review pick up on those details. So this post is simply to park that here on the new site: Kirkus read The Haze, understood what it was trying to do, and thought it was worth recommending. — Michael (Burnaby Hawkes)

You can read the full review here: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/burnaby-hawkes/the-haze/