“Swing just might be the best historical thriller of the year. Certainly it is the most creative. . . . It’s also about something far more sinister than a murder, but to name it would be give away the fun.” —Pohla Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE TOP TEN BEST SELLER

“There is beauty and truth in how Holmes has written the story. . . . Subtle and inviting . . . an excellent novel and an impressive tale of intrigue. We are swept along by often beautiful prose in a brilliantly structured story that is fascinating to read as it unfolds its secrets.” —John Orr, San Jose Mercury News

“Nostalgic writing at its best. It’s tough, classy and smart, like so many of its characters. . . . Compelling and atmospheric . . . If you like a good mystery and stylish period piece, you won’t regret taking Holmes’s latest novel for a Swing.” —Eric J. Blommel, Rocky Mountain News

“Rupert Holmes again proves his talent has few boundaries with his second novel. Swing scores as a historical mystery that captures the sights, flavor and sounds of the 1940s. . . . A wonderfully deceptive novel . . . Holmes makes Swing go an octave higher as he surrounds his hero with the jolt of world events. . . . A worthy addition to Holmes’s canon.” —Oline H. Cogdill, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

“You will want to read Swing. [Its plot] is as smooth as a trombone slide. . . . Swing swings.” —Margaret Cannon, The Globe and Mail

“The story pulses ahead a bit like an orchestration itself, with odd harmonies, varying tempos, witty exchanges [and] a poignant leitmotif of parental loss and guilt.” —Roderick Nordell, The Christian Science Monitor

“A delicious, wicked, and nostalgic mystery novel [that’s] a ripping good yarn intelligently told.” —L. H. Abramson, Pages

“Everything about Swing resonates. The characters are lively, the settings lifelike and the plot moves from haunting romance to thriller and back again. Outstanding read.” —Jerry Wallace, Baton Rouge Advocate

“A clever, original mystery that’s pure fun to read, listen to, look at and puzzle out . . . A tour de force of style and erudition, Holmes’s second novel will delight mystery readers of any sort.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A PARADE BOOK PICK

To you, Treasure Island, farewell.

As the world has lived, your life was all too short. It seems but yesterday you lay beneath the sea.

The good and the bad have come to you and you have had gifts for all who would receive them.

But this is not Death for Treasure Island. The flowers may fade, the palaces may fall to earth, the music and laughter be stilled . . .

. . . but as God measures Time, it is but tomorrow that huge airplanes will glide down through the air which tonight is ruled by the Tower of the Sun . . . will roll across the ground where Pacific House now stands.

Let there be no sadness tonight . . . for remember, sorrow is of the past and joy is of the future. And so we salute Treasure Island . . . whose greater future starts—tonight!