The Last Hand

Today’s readers of crime fiction have come to expect a writer to supplement a mystery’s central riddle with psychologically apt meditations on the nature of evil. Eric Wright’s latest Charlie Salter mystery bucks this trend, ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Blood of Others

By Rick Mofina

Blood of Others is the latest gory thriller by Ottawa-based journalist Rick Mofina, who broke into the mystery/crime genre a few years ago with the bestseller If Angels Fall. His first two taut, intelligently written ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Haunted Hearts

By John Lawrence Reynolds

It’s been almost a decade since Boston cop Joe McGuire last appeared in print – and he’s been greatly missed by discerning crime fiction readers. Since 1994, John Lawrence Reynolds has been favouring the more ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Lightning

By Fred Stenson

Veteran Alberta writer Fred Stenson recently made a bigger name for himself in CanLit with The Trade, a myth-shattering look at the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Microsoft-like lock on the 19th-century Canadian fur trade. After chalking ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

International Date Line

By Dawn Howat

Anna Woods, the heroine of International Date Line, may well be the Canadian doppelganger to Britain’s Bridget Jones in this chatty, unpretentious debut novel by Dawn Howat. Poised on the cusp of her 30th year, ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Slander

By William Deverell

Elizabeth Finnegan is a lawyer with an attitude. A short fuse and a propensity to speak before she thinks get her into trouble, but that doesn’t detract from her brilliance as a defence attorney. At ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

House on Fire

By Charles Foran

Charles Foran has the mixed fortune to be an author whose writing is admired by critics and awards committees, but overlooked by many readers. It’s not for lack of skill, or effort. In addition to ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Sweeter than All the World

By Rudy Wiebe

Rudy Wiebe’s status as an important Canadian fiction writer is, to put it politely, puzzling. He has won two Governor General’s Awards (for The Temptations of Big Bear in 1973 and A Discovery of Strangers ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Dark Virgin: A Novel of Mexico

By Oakland Ross

The Dark Virgin is the first of a new trilogy of historical novels by author and former Latin American correspondent Oakland Ross. Called The Night of Songs, the trilogy will span 500 years of Mexican ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Feast of Stephen

By Rosemary Aubert

In Rosemary Aubert’s new novel, some of Toronto’s most downtrodden citizens have been murdered and the police show no signs of concern. The investigation is left to a reluctant Ellis Portal, a former judge long ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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The Last Hand

Blood of Others

Haunted Hearts

Lightning

International Date Line

Slander

House on Fire

Sweeter than All the World

The Dark Virgin: A Novel of Mexico

The Feast of Stephen

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