Ex-LibraryĪ blistering thriller from the Edgar-nominated author of Shovel Ready-a speculative modern Western with elements of Cormac McCarthy, Jim Thompson, and the Coen brothers that is wickedly funny, razor-sharp, and totally engrossing NOTE: The above photo was taken by Edwin Tse for a profile in the National Post, and the graphic is courtesy the National Post. The graffiti magically appeared long after the shot was taken. No walls were harmed in the taking of this photograph.FIRST EDITION. Raised in Toronto, I now live in Brooklyn with my family. My novels have been developed for film and TV by Warner Bros., Sony Television, Scott Free productions, Wiip, Disney, and Netflix. My first novel, SHOVEL READY, is a future-noir thriller about a garbageman-turned-hitman set in a dystopian New York City. SHOVEL READY was a Newsweek Favorite Book of 2014 a Booklist Best Crime Novel and Best Crime Debut of 2014 was long listed for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, and was nominated for a 2015 Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American. My previous novel, THE BLINDS, is a thriller about a remote, secretive town in West Texas, and it's been described by Dennis Lehane as 'part thriller, part Western, part pulpy whodunit. a propulsive and meaningful meditation on redemption and loss.' Spoiler: Things go wrong, nothing is what it seems, and soon they’ll find out what exactly they’re capable of and what they’re willing to do, to save their marriage and to save themselves.

Daisy and Craig retreat to the woods to try and save their troubled relationship by signing on to The Eden Test, a secretive program with a simple promise: Seven days.

My newest novel, THE EDEN TEST, is a taut examination of what it takes for a couple to survive in the most extreme and unexpected circumstances. My writing has appeared in New York magazine, the New York Times, GQ, The Independent on Sunday, The Walrus and elsewhere, and has been collected in Best American Political Writing The Best Technology Writing Never Can Say Goodbye: Writers on Their Unshakeable Love for New York and New York Stories: Landmark Writing from Four Decades of New York Magazine. I'm an Edgar-nominated novelist and an editor at The New York Times.

The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh