"Seductive. . . A fine, subtle, sorrowful novel about the wounds of time and the urge to set things right."--San Jose Mercury News
"A masterly storyteller, Pye lyrically captures his characters' struggle to answer the questions that thread through each of our lives: how do we discern our moral obligations to the people who are our family? And to what lengths, ultimately, will we go to protect them?"--Vogue
"Pye isn't merely an ethicist, he's also a great storyteller. Like a good suspense story, The Pieces from Berlin keeps its mysteries shrouded, letting readers glimpse the truth here andthere, but not revealing the whole until the end. And Pye brings alive World War II-era Berlin -- the palpable fear in the streets, the shortages and rationing, even the horrifying beauty of a nighttime bombing raid. --The San Francisco Chronicle
"A page-turner. . . . Pye twists the reader's sympathies until a wholly surprising denouement in which the pieces, as in a completed jigsaw puzzle, fall neatly into place. A tough, mature, difficult, but brilliantly paced novel. The New York Times Book Review
