YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR

... is to the police procedural what the LeCarre is to the spy story.
PENTHOUSE

If there was a category for best second novel, this one would be a sure thing. Its a complex, witty, and thought-provoking tale of ethics, commitment, and murder
BOOKLIST

Witty, crafty, smart, and even better written than it's predecessor ... religion, politics, power games, love, friendships, morals, ethics and trends - all explored with pungent humor. A masterly novel
KIRKUS REVIEWS

Larry Beinhart ... writes with immense assurance and clarity. ... Nothing is as expected in this story and the telling of it is steadily enriching.
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

This is a wonderful piece of writing. Part truth, part fiction ... There's an urgency to this novel ... The action is tight and the dialogue is hilarious.
TULSA WORLD

It's no fluke that Larry Beinhart won an Edgar for best first mystery ... You Get What You Pay For will be acclaimed as one of the best books of 1988.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Writing with the pacing and wit of a standup comic, Larry Beinhart has produced a gritty, realistic and decidedly off-beat mystery, deeply involved with politics, religion, love, family and moral commitments ... in addition to writing a fine mystery, Beinhart has fashioned an affecting novel about people you grow to care about.
THE FLINT JOURNAL

... elements of the political thriller and the roman a clef, resulting in a story that is half-melodrama, half-morality play and totally engrossing ... The outcome is both surprising and inevitable. To is his powerful and ultimately poignant plot, Beinhart adds a pulsating style and people who live and breath. A hard combination to beat - and one few novels this year have.
SAN DIEGO UNION

... could win honors as best second mystery. ... a well-populated, well-detailed and very well written novel of political skullduggery.
LOS ANGELES TIMES

A hip, witty, very New York book.
N.Y. DAILY NEWS

You'll be reading along when a flash of what I call "significant truth" takes you by such surprise it knocks your reading glasses askew. This is the kind of writing that separates the best
from the rest.
RAVE REVIEWS

The resolution is virtually guaranteed to confirm Beinhart's standing as an extraordinarily gifted author, no more afraid to take chances than his tarnished hero. This is a remarkable achievement, with nonstop frights contrasted by uproariously funny incidents and the 20/20 dialogue that personalizes the widely different characters.
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