Booklist says, "For sheer wintry relentlessness and icebound desolation, the various Scandinavian settings now fashionable in thrillers cannot compete with the decaying shipping and mining city of Duluth, Minnesota."
Author Brian Freeman talks about the challenges of trying to set noir mystery novels in a city that's rapidly becoming known for it's forward thinking and natural beauty ... and why Duluth is just the right size: "you always seem to be bumping into your past."
