»An insanely thrilling novel about a delightfully scruffy private eye, about the Philippines as we've never seen them before, and the beauty of the perfect aquamarine monster wave.«

»Fast-paced and atmospheric, Heaven's Gate allows us to immerse ourselves in a lost paradise.«

»Anyone who doesn’t fall for Caruso doesn’t have a heart. A fantastic crime novel!«

»A familiar hard-boiled framework, smart breaches of standards, a lot of humour – and a look on corruption and violence.«

»An accessible hard-boiled surf novel.«

»A strong hard-boiled debut in front of a picturesque scenery.«

»With Caruso, Daniel Fassbender has created a detective who is as likeable as he is self-deprecating.«

»With his book, Fassbender establishes the ‘surf noir’ genre.«

»A gritty hard-boiled novel set on sunny beaches – clever, humorous and suspenseful.«

»It’s tone is as brash as the first-person narrator himself, the story compoosed in a casual rhythm. A sequel is urgently required!«

»An entertaining crime novel that pays homage to the style of Raymond Chandler and Jörg Fauser, but is far more self-deprecating.«

»This well-written crime novel follows the old laws of crime fiction.«

»A wonderfully relaxed crime novel that measures up to its role models: Jörg Fauser initiated Fassbender’s novel-writing, Chandler and Hammett inspired it.«