"A Rubik’s Cube of a period mystery—readers will become increasingly obsessed about the intersection of a biracial ghostwriter seeking justice for his dead partner and two fans who have been on a hunt for a serial killer. Prevailing McCarthy-era attitudes about race and sexual orientation inform the story, yet characters reign supreme. By the end of Hall of Mirrors I cared desperately for the well-being of all three seeking to embrace their truth under oppressive circumstances."

– Naomi Hirahara, author of Mary Higgins Clark award-winning Clark and Division 

“Copenhaver keeps things moving at a relentless pace as he introduces multiple narrators and a plethora of plot twists. Queer history aficionados will find the depiction of the period’s antigay political paranoia fascinating. This series deserves a long life.”

– Publishers Weekly

"The second in the Nightingale trilogy, following The Savage Kind, is a mystery, but the historical elements add complexity as the author explores issues of passing as straight or white, concealing an identity at a time of physical and emotional violence toward LGBTQIA+ and Black people."

– Library Journal

"With Hall of Mirrors, Copenhaver deftly toes the line between harmless voyeurism and the type of subversive curiosity that turns fans into predators. You float through the story, an unseen guest watching everything unfold, noting all the beautiful period details that anchor the narrative in the 1950s - brass bar carts, bold wallpaper - until all at once, you realize that this perverse kind of observation may have led to the death of an innocent man. If Architectural Digest started a True Crime Beat, Copenhaver would be the magazine’s star writer."

– Ava Barry, author of Double Exposure

"A searing portrait of a treacherous era and the extraordinary characters who navigated through it at their peril. Hall of Mirrors is equal parts stylish noir and heart-breaking testament. I couldn't put it down."

– Carol Goodman, two-time Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author of The Bones of the Story

"The very best mysteries blend reality and imagination into a cocktail where no single ingredient overpowers another. In his delicious new novel, HALL OF MIRRORS, John Copenhaver stirs together a twisted criminal and two pairs of lovers in the glamorous atmosphere of 1950s Washington DC. Indulge yourself!”

– Sujata Massey, internationally bestselling author of The Mistress of Bhatia House

Praise for The Savage Kind:

"John Copenhaver’s dark sparkler of a second novel, The Savage Kind, tantalizes from its first pages. With rich period detail and a sneaky subversion of storied noir tropes, it brings to life the delicious intricacies of teen female friendship and the slippery line between identification and desire, between desire and desperation."

– Megan Abbott, award-winning author of The Turnout

“The nervy teenage duo at the center of John Copenhaver’s delicious trilogy opener each bring loneliness to a friendship that burns with intensity from the get-go. Their fascination—or is it obsession?—with each other, and with crime, begins after the death of a fellow student and the disappearance of a beloved pulp-fiction-loving teacher. To expose the darkness and rot beneath his tale, Copenhaver peppers it with literary allusion—Greek tragedy abounds, as do allusions to Wuthering Heights, classic poetry and contemporary detective fiction.”

– Sarah Weinman, The New York Times Book Review

"Wow. The Savage Kind is evocative, seductive and rivetingly creepy. John Copenhaver proves he is a brilliant talent, and this gorgeously unsettling story of power, control, gaslighting, and murder is not to be missed.”

– Hank Phillippi Ryan, bestselling author of Her Perfect Life