THE CLAUSE reviews:"Abundant action, comic confrontations (shades of Elmore Leonard), and clever deceits make for a fun-filled read. The final twist is not to be missed." LIBRARY JOURNAL - STARRED REVIEW "Wickedly clever and meticulously engaging crime fiction by a master of the genre." FRESH FICTION"In this fast-paced thriller. Wiprud excels at creating a sense of place; readers will feel like they're right there with Gill on New Jersey's Gold Coast and throughout the Big Apple and beyond." RT BOOK REVIEWS"Gill's manipulation by the Feds is either paranoid fantasy or deadly accurate. The blending of forms makes for choppy reading, but there's enough action here to keep one going until the book finishes as a novel of revenge." BOOKLIST"Amid almost comically obscene exchanges among the Serbians, the fast-paced action builds to a devilishly complex solution to who's the real puppet master." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"An intricate caper novel full of humor provided by Gill's ironic first person narration and complex plotting courtesy of the talented Brian Wiprud." MYSTERY LOVERS BOOKSHOP REVIEW"The Clause will appeal to readers who look for Bourne identity style thrillers. The book is carefully plotted, slowly revealing the schemes and the identity of the anti-hero Gill, who is not what he seems to be, while at the same time keeping him breathlessly on the run from three flavors of bad guy and the law." NIGHT OWL BOOK REVIEWSAuthor Bio:Originally from Washington D.C., Brian Wiprud is a New York City author of eight crime novels, and THE CLAUSE is number nine. Brian won the 2002 Lefty Award, has been multiply nominated for Barry and Shamus Awards, and in 2011 for RT Book Reviewers Choice Award for Best Contemporary Mystery. Starred reviews have been bestowed on his novels from Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal and Kirkus. Brian is also an expert angler widely published in fly fishing magazines.