Caught

There is so much more to praise Moore for. The novel is rich with her subtle injections of humour, her careful pacing, and her clear yet coarse dialogue that leaves just enough unsaid. Of course, it also lives up to the ultimate test of a thriller – there is no doubt that this is a page-turner.

Caught is a pleasure to read. The narrative is cohesive and propulsive, but it’s Moore’s mastery of language and image that sets her apart.

[T]his novel that is rife with realness, and beauty, and tension; so much it hurts, in the best possible way.

The reader can only marvel at the precision of Moore's observations.

This is an author who grips you with her impeccable use of language. The novel walks a great line between paperback levity and psychological intelligence—exactly what you want in a summer read.

Even we, as readers, will be caught by the timbre and skill of Moore’s storytelling and her careful sculpting of characters.

With linguistic verve and a magnified curiosity about whatever passes through her field of vision, Moore elevates the cops-and-robbers subgenre to literary respectability.

…sharp lines, seedy characters and the kind of can’t-put-it-down suspense you might expect from a dime store detective novel but with Lisa Moore-level construction, detail and meticulous prose. This isn’t Moore slumming it in suspense fiction—but genre elevation…

As trippy, mellow, and revelatory as Hearn’s weed, Caught takes pleasure from rewriting crime formulas and gives pleasure in doing so.

...witty, retrospective, eloquent and exciting. Moore has crafted an old-timey adventure with good guys and bad guys — who are also one in the same.

Moore's ability to conceal a drum-tight plot line and an unflagging fidelity to the thematic pillars of Caught—mistakes and luck, trust and doubt, consequences and freedom—in the cloak of rough-and-tumble prose is something to behold.

Moore’s prose is as vivid as ever...

…precise, compressed, intimately rhythmic, mesmerizingly smart.

[Lisa Moore’s] written a new kind of legend for a new Newfoundland.

A superbly written novel that crosses literary boundaries, Caught will surely garner [Moore] even wider readership.

In the creation of David Slaney, Lisa Moore brings us an unforgettable character, embodying the exuberance and energy of misspent youth. Caught is a propulsive and harrowing read.

…in Caught Moore has clearly set out to challenge the conventions of crime writing.

...Moore’s Caught is a fantastic read. It’s a rapid ride, with a strong current of tension that never lets up.

Caught is an outstanding novel, combining the complexity of the best literary fiction with the page-turning compulsive readability of a thriller.

…Caught proceeds like a lit fuse.

Lisa Moore’s new book is a beautiful piece of writing…