“Yet another captivating work by Thomas Maier, who masterfully shares here his unique insider-lens on Hollywood, politics, crime, media and our often scandalous home base, Long Island.”

– Claudia Copquin, Journalist and Founder of Long Island LitFest

“Thomas Maier is in the tradition of iconic New York newspaper writers like Pete Hamill and Jimmy Breslin, whose novels were as addictive as their vivid columns. Maier blends the pacing of Arthur Conan Doyle with the cinematic flourishes of David Lynch. Montauk to Manhattan is a dizzying New York story.”

– M. J. Moore, author of Star-Crossed Lovers: James Jones, Lowney Handy, and the Birth of From Here to Eternity, Mario Puzo: An American Writer’s Quest, and the n

“This wholly American novel follows Jack Denton, a reporter turned novelist who is simultaneously covering the Trump campaign while serving as a consultant for a TV show adaptation of his book. Denton contends with the denizens of Hollywood and the campaign trail, even as his own personal life seems to unravel in front of him. Maier’s novel is one in a tidal wave of books about Trump’s America and the #MeToo movement. What he adds to the discourse is to draw some intriguing historical parallels between Trump and nineteenth-century railway tycoon Austin Corbin. Maier’s superimposition of a nineteenth-century plot on a modern-day one gives life to the standard ‘Hollywood-is-cutthroat’ tale.”

– The BookLife Prize sponsored by Publishers Weekly

“Decade after decade, my fellow investigative journalist amazed me with his newspaper exposes, and during the same years, his deeply researched nonfiction books, some of which got adapted for television. But, until his retirement from the newspaper, Thomas Maier never fulfilled his desire to publish a novel. Well, consider that desire accomplished in 2024. Enthusiastically recommended.”

– Steve Weinberg, former board member of National Book Critics Circle, currently working on a biography of Garry Trudeau for St. Martin’s Press