"...readers will hear the brand names of beers drunk, see the clothing worn, feel the air, hear the songs-and cringe at the inevitability of the horror to come.." — Kirkus Reviews
"A textured picture of Hitler's histrionic personality and his insane mission for glory, presaging the genocide to come in the cold-blooded obliteration of one young woman." — Publishers Weekly
[Hitler's Niece] invites us to consider Hitler in a new light . . . Hansen succeeds in conjuring Hitler as he probably was." — New York Times Book Review
"A carefully crafted and distinctly macabre work of fiction." — Village Voice
"Ambitious, provocative . . . the confluence of historical event and personal destiny becomes mesmerizing." — Publishers Weekly
"An act of sustained speculation about a small, horrifying domestic drama that took place while a much larger evil was unfolding; Hansen's achievement is to vividly portray one as a symptom of the other. . . . Because of its mixture of historical detail and psychological nuance it rings true." — The New Yorker
"Hansen has researched not only the case itself but its political and social background in meticulous detail. All this Hansen evokes as well as I've ever seen it done, with a wealth of vivid local detail that carries complete conviction." — Los Angeles Times Book Review
Hansen has written a convincing novel that is provocative, disturbing and illuminating. — Raleigh News & Observer
Hansen is a fearless storyteller. . . . [He] creates a savagely human portrait of Hitler. . . . [Hitler's Niece] reads, like all good books, as a vehicle for the writer's obsession'an intelligent, haunting, and oddly devotional exploration of the unimaginable'-Hitler in love." — Booklist
"Riveting . . . Hansen's insightful, brilliantly interpretative, and frightening novel does more to illuminate the welter of evil the fueled Hitler than a dozen biographies." — Booklist
"Scrupulously researched. Hansen's informed interpretation of events makes convincing, if melancholy, reading." — The Boston Sunday Globe