 's office, where Reuland worked an assistant district attorney between 1996 and 2001.Reuland's hard-edged but elegant writing is known for its gritty realism and has drawn praise from Dennis Lehane, Alan Furst, and George Pelecanos.A reviewer for the "Washington Post" referred to "Semiautomatic" as "the best-written legal thriller I've ever read, hands down."