Marc Blatte (Author)

"Entertaining debut mystery." —Library Journal



"Marc Blatte puts his street cred on the line with this hugely entertaining, rollercoaster ride through New York's most dangerous, most colorful precincts. His bouncers, police detectives, and hip-hop musicians are unforgettable men and women who collide, with unfortunate results, in one unforgettable novel." —Ken Kalfus, 2006 National Book Award Finalist in Fiction





"Reading Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed, the pages flew. I went through them like money. Marc is a natural born storyteller, as incapable of writing a boring sentence as he was in his former life of writing a lackluster melody." —Peter deJonge, coauthor, Beach House

"After living in California all these years, it's a pleasure to be hit with this big dose of New York energy. A broad spectrum of characters appears here, dangerous flaws and wild humanity intact." —Marianne Rogoff, San Francisco Chronicle

"A rollicking page-turner that engrosses the reader from page one—a unique, hip, urban whodunit that ushers in a new voice to the mystery genre." —John Burdett, author, Bangkok 8 and Bangkok Haunts

"Marc Blatte writes like a freight train on fire. Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed is as elegantly twisted and satisfying as the best urban crime novels . . . as crackling and colorful as the city of New York itself." —Fred Berner, executive producer, Law & Order

"A dark, witty, and often brilliant novel . . . such shocking good fun, you won't feel guilty about laughing at all the carnage." —Mystery Scene

"The audacious dialogue makes Humpty Dumpty seem like a cross between a Grand Theft Auto game and a Richard Price book." —Philly.Com
(Philadelphia Inquirer Online)

"Marc Blatte's first novel is 'da bomb.' He has created the first 'wonderful hip-hop noir mystery' that even a farm girl from Iowa couldn't put down." —bestsellersworld.com

"A quick read because it is so good. It drops you to your knees. Very powerful stuff. This book deserves your time." —Knit and Knosh

"Combine hip-hop and noir mystery, and you arrive at a unique combination that works. And works well. I truly enjoyed Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed and look forward to more fast action and meaty characters from Marc Blatte." —BookLoons Review

"All of these storylines flow like well-versed rap lyrics . . . Blatte has found himself on some good footing with his first novel and seems to be on the right path for future installments." —BookGasm

"Will take you places that no other book has gone before. It's gritty, it's today's urban, and it could turn a generation into readers." —Charles Benoit, typem4murder.blogspot.com

"More than just another who-done-it murder mystery . . . Blatte produces a hard-to-put-down page-turner which is an expertly done first novel. Readers have every reason to look forward to the installments to follow of the Black Sallie Blue Eyes series." —Mostlyfiction.com

Blatte's Manhattan is both real and on the edge of reality. By the end of the book, I knew these folks, I grieved for them when bad things happened and I laughed in joy at their victories. My only question now: When do I get to read Blatte's next novel? —January Magazine