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Noisemaker by Andy Tolson

August 12, 2022August 7, 2022 by Mala Rai

Part ghost story, part fictionalized memoir, Noisemaker is a love letter to when thrashing guitars, pounding drums, and the three minute pop song ruled the world.

The Forbidden Dreams of Betsy Elliot by Carolyn R. Parsons

March 29, 2022July 17, 2019 by James M. Fisher

Betsy Elliott is a match for the cold northeast winds that rattle windows and carry Newfoundland sailors away to their deaths. Forced into service after her father’s death, married at eighteen to a much older man, she’s become as hard as the rocks that line the shores of her island home.

Blindshot by Denis Coupal

June 3, 2021July 13, 2019 by James M. Fisher

On the cover of Blindshot is the silhouette of a crow, which is significant for, …

The Promise by Ida Linehan Young

May 23, 2020July 10, 2019 by James M. Fisher

Newfoundland’s Flanker Press has been publishing books by some of that province’s best storytellers and …

Side by Side by Anita Kushwaha

January 25, 2020June 20, 2019 by James M. Fisher

According to the Government of Canada website, every day, an average of more than 10 …

Celtic Knot: A Clara Swift Tale by Ann Shortell

July 28, 2019April 27, 2019 by James M. Fisher

A fine example of Canadian historical fiction, Ann Shortell’s Celtic Knot: A Clara Swift Tale …

Random Act (A Jack McMorrow Mystery) by Gerry Boyle

March 31, 2019March 30, 2019 by James M. Fisher

Number 12 in the Jack McMorrow Mystery Series, the story involves the mystery and confusion surrounding the seemingly random axe murder of a woman in a big-box store just moments after Jack passes her in the parking lot.

Quill of the Dove by Ian Thomas Shaw

December 26, 2018 by James M. Fisher

Quill of the Dove is an excellent literary political thriller that takes place amid the Middle East skirmishes over several decades.

The Carpenter From Montreal by George Fetherling

June 3, 2021October 5, 2018 by James M. Fisher

The story behind The Carpenter From Montreal centres around Jim (in New York) and a large Montreal man known to all as The Carpenter. It is the Prohibition Era, and gangsters control the flow of liquor out of Canada over the border.

Rotten Peaches by Lisa de Nikolits

January 1, 2021May 23, 2018 by James M. Fisher

Note: this review is based on an Advance Reading Copy supplied by the author in return …

Arrow’s Flight by Joel Scott

April 1, 2018February 23, 2018 by James M. Fisher

I can’t say enough good things about Arrow’s Flight; it’s not merely a good guys/bad guys action/adventure set on the water, but also a lesson in the fact that every action has consequences, and responsibility must be taken for the choices one has made.

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