Fade to Clear

Praise for Underkill " Underkillis a very fine novel and Leonard Chang grows more impressive with each book. I thought Over the Shoulderwas a stand out and now Allen Choice is back in a story even more stirring and absorbing. The key is character. Chang works like a painter, carefully brushing strokes of truth and depth on all of his characters. This portrait is a winner." - Michael Connelly "Chang writes beautifully about the wounds of his characters and the wounds of society as a whole. Putting one in mind of Steve Hamilton, S. J. Rozan and Dennis Lehane, he may well be the next big name in crime fiction." - James Sallis, author of the Lew Griffin novels "Chang has given the reader, in the character of Allen Choice, a fully-developed yet fallible hero [whose] complex adventures will absorb the reader and--one hopes--ensure yet another tale of this caliber in the future, and another, and another." -Thomas Keneally, author of Schindler's List "Chang weaves a multi-layered yarn, energized by Choice's wrestling with his own uncertainties and self-doubts." - Providence Journal "[An] exciting novel . . . There is a certain grit and amusement here." - Miami Herald "Plenty of excitement." - San Jose Mercury News "It's a treat, with a protagonist who really grows on you. It's impossible not to root for Choice." - Booklist "[Sets] the stage for a startling surprise and a high-caliber climax." - Kirkus ReviewsChang, Leonard is the author of 'Fade to Clear', published 2004 under ISBN 9780312308452 and ISBN 0312308450.