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Fiction: Novels

Drina Bridge

By Jim Bartley

The disturbingly graphic violence in the introductory paragraphs of Drina Bridge might give pause to the faint of heart or weak of stomach. Nevertheless, readers who forge on with this debut novel will be amply ... Read More »

December 19, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Ysabel

By Guy Gavriel Kay

With this new novel, Toronto writer Guy Gavriel Kay returns to a more mythic storytelling approach, following several books that embraced the historical over the fantastic. This is not, however, the epic fantasy of the ... Read More »

December 19, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Empress of Asia

By Adam Lewis Schroeder

Five years ago, B.C. author Adam Lewis Schroeder published a stunning first collection of short fiction. The stories in Kingdom of Monkeys showed an amazing range; they were technically sophisticated, darkly funny, strangely moving, full ... Read More »

December 19, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Rootbound

By Grant Buday

This new novel by B.C. author Grant Buday is a dismal, depressing affair that seems to enjoy wallowing in the various misfortunes and tribulations of its characters, in particular those of its protagonist.Willie LeMat is ... Read More »

December 19, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Rage Therapy

By Daniel Kalla

With Rage Therapy, Vancouver ER physician-turned-author Daniel Kalla has delivered a credible and satisfying thriller. In the tradition of other gifted moonlighters (Kathy Reichs, John Grisham, Patricia Cornwell, etc.), Kalla successfully blends an inventive story ... Read More »

December 19, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Absolute Honour

By C.C. Humphreys

For readers unfamiliar with Jack Absolute, he is the quintessential adventure hero: a dashing, quick-witted ladies’ man and adept codebreaker who’s always ready for a fight. Jack Absolute originally appeared in Richard Sheridan’s 1775 play ... Read More »

December 19, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Every Fear

By Rick Mofina

Every Fear is the second of Arthur Ellis Award-winner Rick Mofina’s novels to feature Seattle Mirror reporter Jason Wade. Wade works the crime beat and is under perpetually heavy pressure from his editor to scoop ... Read More »

December 19, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels