Bruce DeSilva in
The Washington Post described the novel as "both a suspenseful yarn and a chilling portrait of the mind of a high-functioning sociopath."
Publishers Weekly praised the novel's "matter-of-fact, nonjudgmental prose" and described the volume as "deeply unsettling."
Kirkus Reviews called it "Intelligent and chilling." Reviewing the novel in
Amsterdam Quarterly, Bryan Monte wrote "
The Mask of Sanity is full of surprises and will keep the reader wondering if Balint will be caught all the way to the very end of the story." == References ==