Can a man be both a violent criminal and a good father? Imagine a Quentin Tarantino movie crossed with a John Green novel, and you'll have a sense of what this coming-of-age novel is like.-Entertainment Weekly

Tinti depicts brutality and compassion with exquisite sensitivity, creating a powerful overlay of love and pain. -The New Yorker

The book [has] an irresistible velocity that Ms. Tinti sustains to the end.-The Wall Street Journal

Tinti has established herself as one of our great storytellers. She draws you in with this book, and it's really difficult to get away.-Rolling Stone

A shoot-em-up, a love story and a mystery, this is one heartwarming feast of a book.-People

The term 'literary thriller' is almost an oxymoron. It's the writerly equivalent of threading a needle while riding on a rollercoaster, requiring attention to character and fine prose while hurtling from one near-disaster to another. Only a few writers can pull it off, and Hannah Tinti is one of them. . . . The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley is a gripping father-daughter road trip where the bad guys are never far behind. . . . Tarantino-like in its plot twists, action, and violence, the novel sweeps across the country and back and forth in time. Its structure feels as meticulously crafted as a matchstick Taj Mahal.-Interview

Tinti makes each of her crime scenes wildly different yet equally suspenseful. As skillful as she is, she never romanticizes her bad actors. What most deeply interests her is the stumbling, fumbling humanity that results in bad actions. . . . She fuses urgent, vibrant storytelling with a keen understanding of broken people desperate to be whole.-Newsday

Hannah Tinti's beautifully constructed second novel . . . uses the scars on Hawley's body-all twelve bullet wounds, one by one-to show who he is, what he's done, and why the past chases and clings to him with such tenacity. Nearly nine years after The Good Thief, Tinti has fused a cowboy-noir action adventure and a coming-of-age tale into a father-daughter love story.-The Boston Globe

Even before the official release of The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley in March, early readers deemed it worthy of excitement. . . . At once a coming-of-age adventure, a love story and a literary thriller.-Time

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley is a miraculous accomplishment in genre-bending: Not only a gripping American-on-the-run thriller, it's also a brilliant coming-of-age tale and a touching exploration of father-daughter relationships. Regardless of what your reading tastes are, there's something here for absolutely everyone.-Newsweek

What accounts for this novel's explosive momentum? . . . [Hannah Tinti] knows how to cast the old campfire spell. I was so desperate to find out what happened to these characters that I had to keep bargaining with myself to stop from jumping ahead to the end. . . . Each [chapter] is a heart-in-your-throat revelation, a thrilling mix of blood and love. . . . Some of these well-drawn characters exist only for a few pages; others rear up again when you least expect them. . . . A master class in literary suspense.-Ron Charles, The Washington Post

An achingly beautiful story about a single father raising a daughter whom he's trying to keep from repeating his own mistakes. . . . Tinti's language is precise and beautiful. She writes rich and nuanced characters. In spite of his past, there's never any doubt about Hawley's good intentions and the love he has for his daughter. Their story is a poignant one that readers won't want to see end.-The Dallas Morning News

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley is an impeccably crafted novel that will thrill new readers and those who have followed Tinti's work over the years. . . . Set aside a weekend for this captivating novel, because once you start it you won't want to put it down until you reach the last page. And even then, you'll want to start again from the very beginning. -Minne