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Find Me Nowhere
In the latest from New York Times bestselling author Andrew Klavan, retired assassin Cameron Winter is drawn back in for one last job.
In the wilderness bordering Afghanistan, an American soldier dies in a devastating explosion. Across the world, in a withering Pennsylvania factory town, his father is stabbed to death and left in the surrounding woods amidst colonial ruins known as Nowhere. The Recruiter wants Cameron Winter to find out why.
All Winter wants now is a quiet, happy existence. He has met the woman he plans to marry. He has beaten the depression that sent him into therapy. He’s enjoying a job at a midwestern university, teaching the poetry he loves. Then his old boss, the hunted former leader of a group of US government assassins, suddenly reappears and asks him to set that life aside and return instead to the work he did as a government the work of turning bad men into dead men.
Winter journeys into America’s aching heartland, to a small town called Kinnecombe, abandoned by business, betrayed by the government, and left to suffer through a triple plague of poverty, drugs, and crime. His assignment is to solve a murder, and all that stands in his way is a deceptively soft-spoken gangster, a mob of local thugs, an American spy as crazy as she is beautiful, and a well-trained killer who can make himself invisible right up until the moment he puts a bullet in your brain. If Winter wants to reclaim his dream life, he’ll first have to remember how to be an assassin, or else find himself in Nowhere, just as dead as the town that wants him gone.
In the wilderness bordering Afghanistan, an American soldier dies in a devastating explosion. Across the world, in a withering Pennsylvania factory town, his father is stabbed to death and left in the surrounding woods amidst colonial ruins known as Nowhere. The Recruiter wants Cameron Winter to find out why.
All Winter wants now is a quiet, happy existence. He has met the woman he plans to marry. He has beaten the depression that sent him into therapy. He’s enjoying a job at a midwestern university, teaching the poetry he loves. Then his old boss, the hunted former leader of a group of US government assassins, suddenly reappears and asks him to set that life aside and return instead to the work he did as a government the work of turning bad men into dead men.
Winter journeys into America’s aching heartland, to a small town called Kinnecombe, abandoned by business, betrayed by the government, and left to suffer through a triple plague of poverty, drugs, and crime. His assignment is to solve a murder, and all that stands in his way is a deceptively soft-spoken gangster, a mob of local thugs, an American spy as crazy as she is beautiful, and a well-trained killer who can make himself invisible right up until the moment he puts a bullet in your brain. If Winter wants to reclaim his dream life, he’ll first have to remember how to be an assassin, or else find himself in Nowhere, just as dead as the town that wants him gone.
336 pages, Hardcover
Published October 27, 2026
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A former operative must reconnect with his inner assassin
Cameron Winter is approaching a point in his life when he is actually quite happy. He teaches the romantic poets at a small college, is in love with a woman who loves him as he is, and even his therapist thinks (much to her chagrin) that he no longer needs her services. Given his background as a government assassin, as well as his barren childhood as the son of wealthy but emotionally distant parents, happiness is quite an achievement. But trouble has arrived in the shape of his mentor, The Recruiter, who is himself currently at odds with their former overlords (they would like to find and eliminate him, but he has proven elusive) and who asks Winter to look into a death for him, Kenneth Tubman, a shop owner in a small PA town that has been decimated first by the departure of the town's major employers and later by drugs, was stabbed to death and left in a wooded area near town. The victim's son Geoff, a sniper for the US Army, had died while on assignment overseas not too long before that and the Recruiter wants Winter to see if the two deaths were in any way connected to each other, Winter has an ability to sort through scads of seemingly unrelated information and discern underlying patterns and connections, what he calls his "strange habit of mind", and he sets off (reluctantly) to investigate. He is met with threats from all sides, from thugs and criminal types in PA as well as from government types (a DoD investigator and CIA type among others) and even a persistent student reporter on campus who may have dug up information on Winter's previous career. Can he survive long enough to discover the truth about the Tubman deaths and continue on his path to happily-ever-after, or will his Gwendolyn need to endure the death of another love?
Find Me Nowhere is the sixth installment of author Andrew Klavan's hardboiled series featuring the unusual and depressed former assassin and lover of poetry Cameron Winter. Intellectually smart, highly skilled in the art of making bad people kill one another, and genuinely troubled by the morality (or lack thereof) of his former profession, Winter has grown emotionally over the course of the series, in large part thanks to his therapist Margaret, and has made sufficient breakthroughs that Margaret believes he no longer needs her services (which in turn is leaving her somewhat depressed, as she has fallen more than a little in love with him and has realized how boring her life actually is). His investigation this time around is undertaken reluctantly, but his allegiance to the Recruiter is too strong for him to deny the request, even as he doesn't quite understand why he is being asked to intervene. The story blends elements of hardboiled crime fiction with touches of literary fiction and psychological thriller, where action is woven in with character introspection. It can be read as a standalone but a reader benefits greatly if they have read preceding installments and can more fully appreciate the character arcs and relationships between recurring characters and Winter.. Author Klavan does a terrific job with the pacing of the plot and creating well-developed characters, as well as in portraying a vivid sense of place in the decaying small town. It isn't a small town cozy sort of book, so readers should prepare for some violence and dark themes, but I found it a smart and engaging mystery that is a solid continuation of an excellent series. Fans of the author in general and this character in particular as well as readers of Ross Macdonald, Gregg Hurwitz and Mark Greaney should pick up a copy of this book (and its preceding volumes). My thanks to NetGalley and Penzler Publishers/The Mysterious Press for allowing me access to the novel in exchange for my honest review.
Cameron Winter is approaching a point in his life when he is actually quite happy. He teaches the romantic poets at a small college, is in love with a woman who loves him as he is, and even his therapist thinks (much to her chagrin) that he no longer needs her services. Given his background as a government assassin, as well as his barren childhood as the son of wealthy but emotionally distant parents, happiness is quite an achievement. But trouble has arrived in the shape of his mentor, The Recruiter, who is himself currently at odds with their former overlords (they would like to find and eliminate him, but he has proven elusive) and who asks Winter to look into a death for him, Kenneth Tubman, a shop owner in a small PA town that has been decimated first by the departure of the town's major employers and later by drugs, was stabbed to death and left in a wooded area near town. The victim's son Geoff, a sniper for the US Army, had died while on assignment overseas not too long before that and the Recruiter wants Winter to see if the two deaths were in any way connected to each other, Winter has an ability to sort through scads of seemingly unrelated information and discern underlying patterns and connections, what he calls his "strange habit of mind", and he sets off (reluctantly) to investigate. He is met with threats from all sides, from thugs and criminal types in PA as well as from government types (a DoD investigator and CIA type among others) and even a persistent student reporter on campus who may have dug up information on Winter's previous career. Can he survive long enough to discover the truth about the Tubman deaths and continue on his path to happily-ever-after, or will his Gwendolyn need to endure the death of another love?
Find Me Nowhere is the sixth installment of author Andrew Klavan's hardboiled series featuring the unusual and depressed former assassin and lover of poetry Cameron Winter. Intellectually smart, highly skilled in the art of making bad people kill one another, and genuinely troubled by the morality (or lack thereof) of his former profession, Winter has grown emotionally over the course of the series, in large part thanks to his therapist Margaret, and has made sufficient breakthroughs that Margaret believes he no longer needs her services (which in turn is leaving her somewhat depressed, as she has fallen more than a little in love with him and has realized how boring her life actually is). His investigation this time around is undertaken reluctantly, but his allegiance to the Recruiter is too strong for him to deny the request, even as he doesn't quite understand why he is being asked to intervene. The story blends elements of hardboiled crime fiction with touches of literary fiction and psychological thriller, where action is woven in with character introspection. It can be read as a standalone but a reader benefits greatly if they have read preceding installments and can more fully appreciate the character arcs and relationships between recurring characters and Winter.. Author Klavan does a terrific job with the pacing of the plot and creating well-developed characters, as well as in portraying a vivid sense of place in the decaying small town. It isn't a small town cozy sort of book, so readers should prepare for some violence and dark themes, but I found it a smart and engaging mystery that is a solid continuation of an excellent series. Fans of the author in general and this character in particular as well as readers of Ross Macdonald, Gregg Hurwitz and Mark Greaney should pick up a copy of this book (and its preceding volumes). My thanks to NetGalley and Penzler Publishers/The Mysterious Press for allowing me access to the novel in exchange for my honest review.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
4.5 stars, with good scores across the board but extra standouts for writing and personal enjoyment.
This is the 6th book in the Cameron Winter series. While each mystery is a standalone, the full emotional context and best character payoff comes from reading the series in order. In this installment, Winter learns of a mysterious stabbing of a father in the middle of nowhere, PA, after his son dies halfway across the world in Afghanistan. The Recruiter, being ever mysteriously motivated, puts Winter on to this case without consideration of Winter’s reluctance and desire to lean more into the quiet life. Winter, despite having his beloved to now consider, finds himself in the rundown, drug-infested, gangster-run PA town being threatened at every turn in his investigation as he digs up layers of revelation to this conspiracy.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Klavan’s writing is a breath of fresh air, not only his style, but the values and truths that shine through his words. Not everyone will connect with the themes if they hold different values. But for me, he’s one of the only voices crying in the wilderness, saying the things not everyone is ready to hear. One of the underlying themes in this story is what people will do for love. Let the person go, threaten others, turn inward, perhaps the unforgivable. I greatly enjoyed the insights into Winter’s thoughts. While many crime and mystery writers focus merely on developing a distinct voice for their characters, Klavan gives Winter (and Margaret) not only a distinct voice, but tension, warring thoughts, and emotional depth, all while we come along for the mystery. He really does write like no other crime writer.
While I think After That, The Dark still edges this out for most enjoyable Cameron Winter book, especially for its emotional payoff, this one is still high up there with good atmosphere, well-paced plot, and great writing supporting nuanced characters, especially now that Winter has turned a corner in his life.
Special thanks to the author Andrew Klavan, Penzler Publishers/The Mysterious Press, and Netgalley for a copy of the book to read and review. All opinions are my own.
This is the 6th book in the Cameron Winter series. While each mystery is a standalone, the full emotional context and best character payoff comes from reading the series in order. In this installment, Winter learns of a mysterious stabbing of a father in the middle of nowhere, PA, after his son dies halfway across the world in Afghanistan. The Recruiter, being ever mysteriously motivated, puts Winter on to this case without consideration of Winter’s reluctance and desire to lean more into the quiet life. Winter, despite having his beloved to now consider, finds himself in the rundown, drug-infested, gangster-run PA town being threatened at every turn in his investigation as he digs up layers of revelation to this conspiracy.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Klavan’s writing is a breath of fresh air, not only his style, but the values and truths that shine through his words. Not everyone will connect with the themes if they hold different values. But for me, he’s one of the only voices crying in the wilderness, saying the things not everyone is ready to hear. One of the underlying themes in this story is what people will do for love. Let the person go, threaten others, turn inward, perhaps the unforgivable. I greatly enjoyed the insights into Winter’s thoughts. While many crime and mystery writers focus merely on developing a distinct voice for their characters, Klavan gives Winter (and Margaret) not only a distinct voice, but tension, warring thoughts, and emotional depth, all while we come along for the mystery. He really does write like no other crime writer.
While I think After That, The Dark still edges this out for most enjoyable Cameron Winter book, especially for its emotional payoff, this one is still high up there with good atmosphere, well-paced plot, and great writing supporting nuanced characters, especially now that Winter has turned a corner in his life.
Special thanks to the author Andrew Klavan, Penzler Publishers/The Mysterious Press, and Netgalley for a copy of the book to read and review. All opinions are my own.
September 11, 2026
Find Me Nowhere by Andrew Klavan is an exceptional, very highly recommended investigative mystery and love story. This is the sixth book in the Cameron Winter series featuring the ex-spy turned English professor who has a “strange habit of mind.” I've been following this series from the start and, while they have all been excellent, this is the best so far. Absolutely don't miss Winter's latest mission and if you haven't yet started reading this series, do so and you will be richly rewarded.
The novel opens with a battle scene in Afghanistan where Corporal Geoffrey Tubman dies in a devastating explosion in a cave, while his friend Jonah "Dooby" Henning is severely injured after going after him. Later Geoff's father, Kenneth Tubman, is stabbed and left for dead in the colonial ruins surrounded by woods known as Nowhere, which is by Kinnecombe, PA. The Recruiter visits Winter and asks him to look into Kenneth's death to see if it is somehow related to the death of his son. While talking to Kathleen Tubman, wife of Kenneth, Winter learns that the man is sure he saw his son Geoff alive and at the first Reds game of the year.
Winter is also followed and threatened by all manner of low-life thugs in Kinnecombe, which is highly suspicious and alerts him that something is surely amiss in the town. As more bad actors and government agents appear, trying to prevent Winter's inquiry, the more his resolve to uncover the truth increases. And yes, Winter's perceptive strange habit of mind which allows him to look at a situation from all angles, deduce how the complicated clues fit together, and reach a clear understanding of what actually happened, is, again, in fine form. While this intricate investigation is underway, Winter is still clearly in love with Gwendolyn Lord and seeing Margaret Whitaker, his therapist, to work through his past.
Find Me Nowhere features remarkable writing, a fast-pace, and interesting, layered plot. Winter uses his abilities and connections to discover information, leads, and make connections that others might miss. The danger is real as a short fat gangster controls a town, a crazy beautiful spy is involved, as well as a violent CIA agent, and a trained sniper. There are also some humorous encounters with a student his nemesis, university diversity officer Lori Lesser, sent to spy on him, and a meeting with undercover operator, Stan-Stan Stankowski.
This is a marvelous continuation of Cameron Winter's story arch. Winter is a poet and a cerebral man who just happens to also have the skills of a trained assassin. At this point Winter is a complex, fully realized character and his strengths and weaknesses are well known. Those following the series won't want to miss this exceptional addition to it. It can also be enjoyed as a standalone novel, however, you'll then want to go back and read the whole series. The Cameron Winter series consists of When Christmas Comes, A Strange Habit of Mind, The House of Love and Death, A Woman Underground, After That, the Dark, and Find Me Nowhere.
Find Me Nowhere is a perfect choice for those who enjoy intelligent investigative mysteries with a love story included and is a must read for those following the series. Thanks to Mysterious Press for providing me with an advance reader's copy via NetGalley. My review is voluntary and expresses my honest opinion.
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The novel opens with a battle scene in Afghanistan where Corporal Geoffrey Tubman dies in a devastating explosion in a cave, while his friend Jonah "Dooby" Henning is severely injured after going after him. Later Geoff's father, Kenneth Tubman, is stabbed and left for dead in the colonial ruins surrounded by woods known as Nowhere, which is by Kinnecombe, PA. The Recruiter visits Winter and asks him to look into Kenneth's death to see if it is somehow related to the death of his son. While talking to Kathleen Tubman, wife of Kenneth, Winter learns that the man is sure he saw his son Geoff alive and at the first Reds game of the year.
Winter is also followed and threatened by all manner of low-life thugs in Kinnecombe, which is highly suspicious and alerts him that something is surely amiss in the town. As more bad actors and government agents appear, trying to prevent Winter's inquiry, the more his resolve to uncover the truth increases. And yes, Winter's perceptive strange habit of mind which allows him to look at a situation from all angles, deduce how the complicated clues fit together, and reach a clear understanding of what actually happened, is, again, in fine form. While this intricate investigation is underway, Winter is still clearly in love with Gwendolyn Lord and seeing Margaret Whitaker, his therapist, to work through his past.
Find Me Nowhere features remarkable writing, a fast-pace, and interesting, layered plot. Winter uses his abilities and connections to discover information, leads, and make connections that others might miss. The danger is real as a short fat gangster controls a town, a crazy beautiful spy is involved, as well as a violent CIA agent, and a trained sniper. There are also some humorous encounters with a student his nemesis, university diversity officer Lori Lesser, sent to spy on him, and a meeting with undercover operator, Stan-Stan Stankowski.
This is a marvelous continuation of Cameron Winter's story arch. Winter is a poet and a cerebral man who just happens to also have the skills of a trained assassin. At this point Winter is a complex, fully realized character and his strengths and weaknesses are well known. Those following the series won't want to miss this exceptional addition to it. It can also be enjoyed as a standalone novel, however, you'll then want to go back and read the whole series. The Cameron Winter series consists of When Christmas Comes, A Strange Habit of Mind, The House of Love and Death, A Woman Underground, After That, the Dark, and Find Me Nowhere.
Find Me Nowhere is a perfect choice for those who enjoy intelligent investigative mysteries with a love story included and is a must read for those following the series. Thanks to Mysterious Press for providing me with an advance reader's copy via NetGalley. My review is voluntary and expresses my honest opinion.
https://www.shetreadssoftly.com/2026/...
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
Find Me Nowhere is the sixth book in a series by Andrew Klavan. I have not read the first five in the series and probably won’t. The premise interested me so I gave it a try. Sadly, I thought the book gave too much attention to the protagonist’s girlfriend and their romance and not enough attention to motivation and rationale for his actions as a killer.
Cameron Winter is an assassin for a shadow government group that has been disbanded and the members are systematically being killed. Winter has a secret identity as a poetry professor at a small college but comes out of hiding to help his fired boss who ran the shadow assassin group. Why he would do that, when his boss simply gives him half answers to legitimate questions and quotes Bible/ religious sayings, is beyond me. Perhaps I should have started with book one in the series, but the boss is a big problem for me. His character completely lacks any reason to remain loyal. At least that is what apparent in this novel. Maybe the loyalty was explained in other books.
Winter’s girlfriend is a self-proclaimed “Jesus Girl” who somehow is in love with a killer. I am not buying this relationship either. And Winter has an elderly therapist who is also in love with Winter knowing that he is an assassin who kills when ordered by the Bible quoting boss. Basically, a lot of Bible talk goes with the mystery of who is trying to destroy the shadow group and why.
That underlying story line is pretty solid – A soldier dies in Afghanistan by explosion in a cave. Across the world his father is fatally stabbed soon after. Winter goes to the father’s small town, called Nowhere, which is dying after the only-job factory shut down. Gangsters control the town now, and Winter’s boss wants to know why all this is happening. But doesn’t tell Winter what is going on. Just tells Winter to go to Nowhere and see what happens….
I found Find Me Nowhere to be disjointed and full of unnecessary / unrealistic side characters. Winter is probably a psychopath; you can see this in his approach to problems. Maybe you will want to try book one in the series if you like a lot of Bible quoting in mysteries; I would not recommend you start with this book, however, even if that interests you.
My rating: 2 of 5
This ARC title was provided by Netgalley.com at no cost, and I am providing an unbiased review.
Find Me Nowhere will be published on October 20, 2026.
Cameron Winter is an assassin for a shadow government group that has been disbanded and the members are systematically being killed. Winter has a secret identity as a poetry professor at a small college but comes out of hiding to help his fired boss who ran the shadow assassin group. Why he would do that, when his boss simply gives him half answers to legitimate questions and quotes Bible/ religious sayings, is beyond me. Perhaps I should have started with book one in the series, but the boss is a big problem for me. His character completely lacks any reason to remain loyal. At least that is what apparent in this novel. Maybe the loyalty was explained in other books.
Winter’s girlfriend is a self-proclaimed “Jesus Girl” who somehow is in love with a killer. I am not buying this relationship either. And Winter has an elderly therapist who is also in love with Winter knowing that he is an assassin who kills when ordered by the Bible quoting boss. Basically, a lot of Bible talk goes with the mystery of who is trying to destroy the shadow group and why.
That underlying story line is pretty solid – A soldier dies in Afghanistan by explosion in a cave. Across the world his father is fatally stabbed soon after. Winter goes to the father’s small town, called Nowhere, which is dying after the only-job factory shut down. Gangsters control the town now, and Winter’s boss wants to know why all this is happening. But doesn’t tell Winter what is going on. Just tells Winter to go to Nowhere and see what happens….
I found Find Me Nowhere to be disjointed and full of unnecessary / unrealistic side characters. Winter is probably a psychopath; you can see this in his approach to problems. Maybe you will want to try book one in the series if you like a lot of Bible quoting in mysteries; I would not recommend you start with this book, however, even if that interests you.
My rating: 2 of 5
This ARC title was provided by Netgalley.com at no cost, and I am providing an unbiased review.
Find Me Nowhere will be published on October 20, 2026.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
In the sixth book of the Cameron Winter series, the English professor is teaching poetry, preparing to settle down with the lovely Gwendolyn Lord, and ending several years of intense therapy. However, with the masterful Andrew Klavan guiding the story, Winter’s world is suddenly turned upside down when he learns that an order has been put out to eliminate his former group of government-sanctioned assassins. From that point, Winter is given the task of solving a murder in the tiny hamlet of Kinnecombe, a town that could have been created by Stephen King or Dean Koontz. Indeed, aside from being immediately threatened by a group of creepy lowlifes, Winter finds a citizenry made up of people with yellow eyes, sickly faces, and “… who looked shriveled and dead.” Then, as he begins his investigation into the murder, Winter encounters a jovial and ruthless gangster who’s shaped like a snowman, as well as a woman of blinding beauty, who may be a friend, foe, or dangerous adversary. And, along with an assortment of other strange and fascinating characters, there is the dead soldier who keeps reappearing around the town.
All in all, this captivating and addictive novel was nearly impossible to set aside after the first chapter. On top of the investigation into the strange Kinnecombe murder, there were a number of ongoing subplots surrounding Winter that added to the story; including the disappearance of his former college mentor, Winter’s fear of introducing his fiancee to his cold and distant mother, a young student who attempts to “out” Winter as a government assassin, and his interaction with a near-psychopathic, jealous husband. Making the story even more interesting is watching Winter—who is both a sensitive teacher of poetry and a highly trained killer—deal with both the mundane and potentially lethal dangers in his life.
For anyone interested in a top notch novel involving mystery, suspense, and romance…this is the book to read. My thanks to Net Galley and the publishers for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for honest feedback.
All in all, this captivating and addictive novel was nearly impossible to set aside after the first chapter. On top of the investigation into the strange Kinnecombe murder, there were a number of ongoing subplots surrounding Winter that added to the story; including the disappearance of his former college mentor, Winter’s fear of introducing his fiancee to his cold and distant mother, a young student who attempts to “out” Winter as a government assassin, and his interaction with a near-psychopathic, jealous husband. Making the story even more interesting is watching Winter—who is both a sensitive teacher of poetry and a highly trained killer—deal with both the mundane and potentially lethal dangers in his life.
For anyone interested in a top notch novel involving mystery, suspense, and romance…this is the book to read. My thanks to Net Galley and the publishers for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for honest feedback.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
This is the sixth book in the interesting Cameron Winter series. I gave it the following SCORE:
Setting: Present-day Washington, D.C., and Kinnecombe, Pennsylvania
Characters: Cameron Winter, former assassin with the strange ability to imagine himself at the scene of and reconstruct crime scenes, the “Recruiter,” his enigmatic boss, Gwnedolyn, his new girlfriend, and a cast of strange and basically evil characters in the small town of Kinnecombe
Overview of plot: Cameron Winter is a poetry professor and part-time undercover agent, sent by his “Recruiter” to the middle of nowhere in Pennsylvania without clear directives. He is conflicted by his surprising devotion to Gwendolyn and the need to perform one darker and more dangerous task for the unknown, super-secret government agency that is threatened for extinction.
Recommendation: 4 stars
Extras: This series has evolved over the years and has taken on the additional aspect of Cameron’s love life. Klavan has the ability to create well-defined, distinct actors such as the nasty and bulbous Vincent Strong, mayor of Kinnecombe, and the alluring, dangerous and complex Layla Borden who make the story compelling.
Thanx to NetGalley and The Mysterious Press for the opportunity to provide this candid review.
Setting: Present-day Washington, D.C., and Kinnecombe, Pennsylvania
Characters: Cameron Winter, former assassin with the strange ability to imagine himself at the scene of and reconstruct crime scenes, the “Recruiter,” his enigmatic boss, Gwnedolyn, his new girlfriend, and a cast of strange and basically evil characters in the small town of Kinnecombe
Overview of plot: Cameron Winter is a poetry professor and part-time undercover agent, sent by his “Recruiter” to the middle of nowhere in Pennsylvania without clear directives. He is conflicted by his surprising devotion to Gwendolyn and the need to perform one darker and more dangerous task for the unknown, super-secret government agency that is threatened for extinction.
Recommendation: 4 stars
Extras: This series has evolved over the years and has taken on the additional aspect of Cameron’s love life. Klavan has the ability to create well-defined, distinct actors such as the nasty and bulbous Vincent Strong, mayor of Kinnecombe, and the alluring, dangerous and complex Layla Borden who make the story compelling.
Thanx to NetGalley and The Mysterious Press for the opportunity to provide this candid review.
November 1, 2026
A psychological, poetic thriller!
Klavan has said that he wants this to be the 6th in a 10-book series—please, let that be so! Emotion welled up inside me as I turned the last page, excited for what lies ahead!
So if the Recruiter is superego, and Winter is Klavan’s own id, it’s telling that Margaret the Therapist and ego is in love with her id. I think perhaps Klavan is modeling for us his own healthy 46-year marriage as Margaret (the same age as his wife) is wistfully taken by her hero, Cameron.
What I loved about this book: the poetic natural descriptions (Klavan shows off his Romantic chops in characterizing the various settings with their interplay with his characters’ identities). Then he reads his readers’ minds as he’s telling the story, letting us know that he’s going to answer the big questions that are hanging out there—the telos of the whole adventure, dangling by the strings of the puppet-master Recruiter.
These Cameron Winter books are just a joy, as I read them again and again.
Klavan has said that he wants this to be the 6th in a 10-book series—please, let that be so! Emotion welled up inside me as I turned the last page, excited for what lies ahead!
So if the Recruiter is superego, and Winter is Klavan’s own id, it’s telling that Margaret the Therapist and ego is in love with her id. I think perhaps Klavan is modeling for us his own healthy 46-year marriage as Margaret (the same age as his wife) is wistfully taken by her hero, Cameron.
What I loved about this book: the poetic natural descriptions (Klavan shows off his Romantic chops in characterizing the various settings with their interplay with his characters’ identities). Then he reads his readers’ minds as he’s telling the story, letting us know that he’s going to answer the big questions that are hanging out there—the telos of the whole adventure, dangling by the strings of the puppet-master Recruiter.
These Cameron Winter books are just a joy, as I read them again and again.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
Andrew Klavan has quickly become one of my must-read authors, so I was thrilled to get my hands on the latest Cameron Winter novel! I have to admit that the main plot here was not my favorite in the series, but it was still quite good. There were some great twists, and the shocking events of the climax left me reeling. As always, I loved the writing, the characters and the humor. So many parts had me laughing out loud! I also enjoyed the subplots and the story that Cameron told his therapist about his past. His therapy sessions are such a great way to learn more about his history. The final chapter was hilarious and sweet, and I am already looking forward to the next book. I highly recommend this series but definitely start at the beginning if you haven't read it yet!
Thank you NetGalley and Penzler Publishers for the ARC.
Thank you NetGalley and Penzler Publishers for the ARC.
November 3, 2026
Our dear man Cameron Winter is, once again, reluctantly drawn into a rather difficult situation. The prologue is extremely well written—make sure the reader pays attention! All the clues for solving the mystery are there, even if it takes reading the whole book and the epilogue to solve it. The Recruiter is persona non grata for most of the book, with our dear spy continually wondering “how does he do that?” Regarding his appearing and disappearing. I did. have to backtrack r a couple of times to remember exactly where in the world Cameron was at that point in the narrative—
A good read.
My one annoyance was the spine of the book broke and had pages falling out before I finished it…
A good read.
My one annoyance was the spine of the book broke and had pages falling out before I finished it…
November 2, 2026
Yes, this is the best Cameron Winter yet
Tense, suspenseful, with twists galore, we get new insights into Winter. Among the dark, dark story, we get get little sparks of Klavanly humor, and as the story progresses we get the impending sensation that the characters are but pawns in a higher order master plan. Exquisite story telling.
Tense, suspenseful, with twists galore, we get new insights into Winter. Among the dark, dark story, we get get little sparks of Klavanly humor, and as the story progresses we get the impending sensation that the characters are but pawns in a higher order master plan. Exquisite story telling.
October 30, 2026
Cameron's therapy is coming to an end and ready to settle down, when The Recruiter shows back up asking for help. It had the elements I enjoyed from previous (Cameron) books yet some that mixed from my most previous reads that diverted some retention, I'd like to maybe reread all together later.
November 2, 2026
I'll spare you the long review. Really enjoyed the first two books in the Cameron Winter series, and I had high hopes for Find Me Nowhere. It didn't live up to expectations.
November 3, 2026
I hope this isn't the last book in the series because I adore them. However, if this is the last we read of Cameron Winter, I believe it was a fitting farewell.
November 3, 2026
Wonderful story!
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