Praise for The Blue Hour:

“The best book about Morocco since The Sheltering Sky. Completely absorbing and atmospheric.”

– Philip Kerr

“Douglas does it again! This is the kind of novel you absolutely cannot put down, the kind that gets your pulse racing, to such an extent you have to switch off your phone, ignore your entourage, and devour to the very end. Brilliantly compelling, startling, and exotic, definitely one of Kennedy's best works.”

– Tatiana de Rosnay

“A gripping thriller, this book poses a universal question: how far are we prepared to go in pursuit of the truth, and do we really want the answers when we find them?”

– Louise Doughty

“Morocco—vividly described—is a shock of heat, smells, and searing colors…. Kennedy is one of the few writers to understand that people in love are basically insane; this love story darkens into a thriller as the methodical Robin pursues the truth. Romance noir, superbly written.”

– The Times (London)

“Kennedy has a knack for portraying characters readers love to hate.”

– Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Five Days:

“With Five Days, Douglas Kennedy has crafted a brilliant meditation on regret, fidelity, family, and second chances that will have you breathlessly turning pages to find out what happened in the past and what will happen next. At once heartbreaking and hopeful, it is a bracing new work of fiction by an internationally acclaimed writer at the height of his powers.”

– Will Schwalbe, author of The End of Your Life Book Club

“The prolific Kennedy explores his favored themes of mortality, love, and loss in this fluidly written tale. Deftly depicting how certain choices can unexpectedly narrow a life, instead of expanding it, he has much to say about the nature of happiness, the difficulty of change, and the great divide between obligation and desire.”

– Booklist

“Kennedy ably raises questions about marriage, identity, and happiness.”

– Publishers Weekly

“…a fine tale of lives re-examined.”

– Kirkus Reviews

“A gripping emotional rollercoaster, pressing so many buttons it’s likely to have readers examining their own what-might-have-beens.”

– London Daily Mail

“Five Days delves exquisitely and painfully into how it is that people allow themselves to live lives of such tightly 'limited horizons.'”

– Portland Press Herald (Maine)

“A novel that's both moving and realistic as it broaches that awful chasm between what we could be and what we presently are."

– Independent (London)

Praise for The Moment:

“A passionate love-story-cum-spy-thriller set amid the secrets and shadows of Cold War–era West Berlin.”

– People

Praise for Leaving the World:

“Leaving the World is a classy page-turner from a novelist who has become a cultural icon in Europe.... Kennedy's characters embark on long, complex, provocative journeys, and their ultimate strength is that -- like the writer -- they can throw off bright sparks in the dark.”

– Column McCann

“In his fast-paced, engrossing novels Douglas Kennedy always has his brilliant finger on the entertaining parts of human sorrow, fury, and narrow escapes. Wonderful.”

– Lorrie Moore

“Smart, stylish, and emotionally penetrating. Kennedy is a master storyteller, who never fails to keep you gripped until the last page.”

– Sarah Dunant