DAVID RICH BOOKS
"The Mirrored Palace" is rich in detail, dialogue and direction, with a multitude of characters, conflicts and cultural references that culminate in an adventure worthy of Burton's legacy. It's an ambitious work, one that clearly benefits from the author's talents as a scribe across multiple platforms. The result is an amalgamation of fact and fiction that's part history and part mystery and celebrates both the height of romanticism and the noble quest for redemption - John Valeri, Strand Magazine
Highly recommended to fans of Graham Greene, John LeCarre and other espionage masters - Joe Meyers
Library Journal delivers the VERDICT on MIDDLE MAN: Following the money trail described in Rich's debut thriller Caravan of Thieves, Waters is a killer who has a moral side as well. He converses with his dead father, wisecracks with Kurds in their own language, and rarely has a peaceful moment. Rich's screenwriting talents make this all plausible as we follow a labyrinth of violence, deceit, and villainy in which the good guy wins, but the bad guy may reappear later. Lots of fun.—Roland Person
From Bookotron: 'Middle Man' is both a throwback to the good old days, when the spy novel as we know it was being born, and a mind-whirling look at what's to come. More chaos, lots of dirty hands hooked up to surprisingly clean consciences, and in the middle, a regular guy who never had a chance to be regular. A middle implies layers, and you get lots of them in 'Middle Man.' Few of us feel we are at the top, and nobody wants to be admit being on the bottom. If you're in the middle with Rollie Waters, you're in great company.
Booklist likes Middle Man: “The danger ramps up steadily, and, of course, there’s a beautiful, mysterious woman involved, as well as action, dead bodies, tribal enmities, and blood politics. It all adds up to a fog of menace, and the nimble Rich keeps the reader guessing.”
Kirkus Reviews says: “Rich is a film writer, with a firm grip on pacing, always ready to stop and flesh out characters and then to pull a knife and draw a little blood. Waters is the perfect edgy, flawed hero…Above average action-adventure with a touch of noir. This one is good fun.”--
Publisher's Weekly
"Like le Carré’s A Perfect Spy screenwriter Rich's assured first novel explores the relationship between a son and an untrustworthy father. Rich tosses in both humor and surprising plot twists...his characters...are distinctive enough for the reader to care what happens to them."
Kirkus Review
"Rich’s screenwriting skills send Rollie adventuring across the American Southwest, all while being pursued by killers, moles and spies. Although Rich displays a nice touch for descriptive phrasing—“a slurry of chain stores”—it’ll be readers with a taste for Bourne-level action who will be eager for Rollie’s next adventure. An easy-to-root-for hero in a fast-paced thriller makes for entertaining reading."
Bookotron
The one prison from which we may never escape is our upbringing. For most of us, that's a not a problem; these bars are not barriers. But for Rollie Waters, the bars do not keep him in, but rather out; he'll never live a normal life. His father, the con-artist, made sure of that. But in David Rich's tense, smart 'Caravan of Thieves,' that's the only certainty. Everything else is up in the air.
David Rich writes elaborate, powerful and skilfully assembled crime thrillers, such as Caravan of Thieves and The Middle Man. Readers easily get to know and like, if they wish, the many deeply layered characters Rich creates. The unremitting, often ruthless, action plays out on a global stage, familiar to fans of cable news.
In Caravan of Thieves, the hero, Rollie Waters, discovers his father, Dan, helped steal a billion dollars, in US cash, from secret stashes in Iraq. The US Marines send Rollie undercover to find the money; only in such a role is he comfortable. Rollie finds the missing money as well as more about himself than he believed possible or wanted.