Smart, perfectly atmospheric, and ultimately heartbreaking, The Empty Glass is one not to miss. Baker has spun a gripping and pulse-pounding conspiracy. ' -Jason Starr, author of The Craving 'J. Baker has combined the history and myth surrounding one of the most intriguing deaths of last century and created a shocking, unputdownable thriller. Writing from a wholly original perspective, J.I. Cook, Edgar Award-winning author of Taken ' Baker conjures a suitably paranoid atmosphere and crackling dialogue in this look at the seedy intersection of celebrity, politics, and power.' - Booklist ' The Empty Glass is riveting, brilliant, and endlessly fascinating. As such, it marks the auspicious debut of a new voice in American suspense.' -Thomas H. The Empty Glass is chilled and redolent of a good gin martini, leaving you primed to order another.' -Barry Gifford, author of Wild at Heart 'Stylishly written and perfectly paced, The Empty Glass is noir fiction re-imagined for the modern era, a novel that is sharp, smart and breathlessly fast-paced, yet somehow manages to convey the slow burn of an old regret. Baker takes a bold run into Cain and DeLillo territory and scores. It's really punchy and really good, and you really should read it.' -Peter Straub, award-winning author of In The Night Room 'J.I.

I want to tell everyone within the sound of my voice to buy this splendid novel. After I started, the vivid writing and the presence of the unhappy latter-day Marilyn Monroe kept me reading all the way to the end. Baker: ' The Empty Glass comes rampaging out of the gate and keeps on roaring and roistering until the sad, salutary shock of its final pages.

The Empty Glass by J.I. Baker