"powered by tremendous empathy and insight."
-Jennifer Jordan, CrimeSpree Magazine
"tightly plotted… gripping, intelligent and dark."
-Russel McLean, Crime Scene Scotland
"A vivid, gripping piece of slow-burn suspense… harrowing and heartbreaking."
-Megan Abbott, Edgar nominated author of Die a Little
"…being invited into places we've never been, having doors propped open into other minds, other ways of life. That is what good writing does -- and what Steven Torres does, wonderfully."
-James Sallis, Edgar nominated author of Drive
"A fresh twist on the classic quest tale set in the concrete canyons of New York City. Gritty, believable and surprising."
-Wallace Stroby, author of The Barbed-Wire Kiss
"The Concrete Maze is a harrowing, gut-wrenching journey of the soul and of the city streets… a tough, fast-paced tale of loss and retribution."
-Reed Farrel Coleman, author of Anthony and Shamus award winner The James Deans
"The Concrete Maze is a solid novel that shows that Torres can write excellent hard-boiled mysteries. I look forward to his next novel."
-K. Robert Einarson, Spinetingler Magazine
"Brilliant, beautiful, and ultimately devastating."
-Sara Gran, author of Dope and Come Closer
"It's tough, fast-paced, gripping, and hard-boiled to the bone..."
-Jason Starr, author of Lights Out
"The Concrete Maze has all the clockwork of a tightly-wound thriller, but Steven Torres knows where to find the beating heart inside the machinery."
-Sean Doolittle, author of The Cleanup
"Steven Torres writes honest fiction about real people, real pain, real fear, real life. The Concrete Maze is a sweet, soulful, heartache of a book. I loved it."
-Anne Frasier, author of Pale Immortal
"Beautifully written, a true elegy of noir despair… There is a strand of agonizing compassion all throughout this elegant sparse novel. This is a dark, wondrous jewel of a book."
-Ken Bruen, Shamus award winning author of The Guards and American Skin
"…a tough, brutal and disturbing story. This is fiction that hurts."
-Manuel Ramos, Edgar nominated author of Moony's Road to Hell
"The Concrete Maze is a remarkable book. Torres brings his characters to life with passion and conviction and makes you care deeply about their fate."
-Richard Aleas, Edgar winning author of ittle Girl Lost
"Tremendous novel. As tough as it is heartbreaking. Beautifully written -- controlled, poised and confident throughout. You have a new fan."
-Al Guthrie, Edgar nominated author of Hard Man
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