Waiting for reviews is always nerve wracking. Luckily, the first reviews in on Nine for the Devil are good, including a starred review from Publisher's Weekly:

"In Reed and Mayer's superior ninth mystery set in sixth-century Constantinople...the puzzle is challenging enough to keep readers searching for clues, but the triumph of the authors lies in their spot-on recreation of the political and bureaucratic climate of the times."
-- Publisher's Weekly, 1/9/2012
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"...a great entry that combines a strong whodunit with a puissant look at the period mostly inside the place but somewhat also through the heroes' friends and family outside too."
--Harriet Klausner
Read the whole review at Genre Go Round Reviews

"...far more complex than a whodunit...A dark chilling look at a delicate balance of politics...and the search for a killer that may not exist!"
--Alan Bishop.
Read the whole review at Criminal History

Now Mary and I can breath a sigh of relief.