Following the progress of ABSENT FRIENDS will necessarily involve reporting on the reviews. That'll be months from now. However, it would be disingenuous not to mention here the snarky review WINTER AND NIGHT, my most recent book, got on Salon.com. (This is its 2nd Salon.com review. The first, about a month ago, liked it a whole lot.) If you want to read the review, go to

http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/01/06/mystery_hype/index.html

If you want to read my comments, go to my other blog.

http://www.journalscape.com/sjrozan