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Fiction: Novels

Grayling

By Gillian Wigmore

Reviewing first fiction is an activity filled with trepidation, particularly if the author is an award-winning writer in another genre. B.C.’s Gillian Wigmore is just that, a prolific and highly regarded Canadian poet whose Soft ... Read More »

March 13, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ My Real Children

By Jo Walton

Among Others, the 2011 novel from Montreal-based Welsh writer Jo Walton, was something of a delightful oddity. A fantasy novel masquerading as a Bildungsroman, it was steeped in a love of reading and an acknowledgement ... Read More »

March 13, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Shovel Ready

By Adam Sternbergh

Noir and SF have long been kissing cousins. Authors from Philip K. Dick through William Gibson have mined tropes of hardboiled crime fiction to lend their speculative stories a seediness that renders them more recognizable ... Read More »

March 13, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Cold Mourning

By Brenda Chapman

Intertwining mysteries drive the fast-paced plot of this suspenseful, wintry novel from Ottawa crime writer Brenda Chapman. When wealthy businessman Tom Underwood disappears one week before Christmas, police recruit Kala Stonechild’s first assignment is to ... Read More »

March 13, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Blood Always Tells

By Hilary Davidson

With Blood Always Tells, Hilary Davidson gives her recurring character, travel writer turned amateur sleuth Lily Moore, a rest. This time out, the Anthony Award–winning author spins a standalone tale of revenge, greed, and abuse, ... Read More »

March 13, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels