"The two key players in Lou Berney's superb regional mystery suffer from separate but equally crushing cases of survivor guilt . . . Berney tells both their stories with supreme sensitivity, exploring the 'landscape of memory' that keeps shifting beneath our feet." -- Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review

"The Long and Faraway Gone is that rare literary gem -- a dark, quintessentially cool noir novel that is both deeply poignant, and very funny . . . as hip, hilarious, and entertaining as it is wrenching, beautiful, and ultimately redemptive." -- Huffington Post

"Berney's novel is most truly a thoughtful exploration of memory and what it means to be a survivor. Elegiac and wistful, it is a lyrical mystery . . . with a deep, wounded heart. Read it." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Focused, very insightfully, on love, loss, and memory . . . fully realized creations that readers won't soon forget. A genuinely memorable novel of ideas." -- Booklist (starred review)

"Will raise a lump in the throat . . . the leads' struggles are portrayed with painful complexity, and Berney, fittingly, avoids easy answers." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A tour de force built around two tragedies ripped from the headlines of this newspaper . . . should top the bestseller lists in our local bookstores, but is deserving of national acclaim." -- Oklahoma City Oklahoman

"This is crime fiction at its absolute best . . . deeply insightful and beautifully written . . . squarely in the ranks of powerhouses such as Lippman and Lehane." -- Crimespree Magazine

"So much to love here . . . easy to read yet difficult to forget. . . Berney is a mighty fine wordsmith whose name should be mentioned more often than it is during discussions of new bright lights in the literary world." -