In the year 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his new partner, Chuck Aule, come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane, to investigate an unexplained disappearance. Multiple murderess Rachel Solando is loose somewhere on this barren island, despite having been kept under constant surveillance in a locked, guarded cell. As a killer hurricane bears relentlessly down on the island, hints of radical experimentation and covert government machinations add darker, more sinister shades to an already bizarre case. Because nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is remotely what it seems.
Boston Globe
Fasten your seat belts for a bumpy, breakneck ride…utterly absorbing…Shutter Island is an express train with no local stops…engrossing.
Orlando Sentinel
Nightmarish…it’s not a book to start before bedtime. Even if you finish before dawn, Shutter Island will trouble your sleep.
New York Times
Startlingly original…instantly cinematic…Shutter Island unfolds with increasing urgency until it delivers a visceral shock in its final moments.
San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
Combines the claustrophobia of . . . Agatha Christie . . . with the creepiness of a good Stephen King yarn. . . . Good luck putting this one down.
Miami Herald
The ride this novel provides is as good as entertainment gets.
