"Fascinating Crichton's performance is remarkable."
-The Cleveland Plain Dealer

"A nice Victorian flavor .:. Crichton makes it all work because he has such a good eye for `the illuminating detail.' When Teddy Burke goes out to pick a pocket on the Strand, he doesn't just reach into someone's coat pocket and fumble around. He dips his quarry on the fly while a `stickman' walks nearby to take the 'pogue' from him once it's been `snaffled,' and a pair of 'stalls' walks ahead and behind to create a diversion."
-The New York Times Book Review