Noisemaker by Andy Tolson
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.
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The Forbidden Dreams of Betsy Elliot by Carolyn R. Parsons
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
On the cover of Blindshot is the silhouette of a crow, which is significant for, …
The Promise by Ida Linehan Young
Newfoundland’s Flanker Press has been publishing books by some of that province’s best storytellers and …
Side by Side by Anita Kushwaha
According to the Government of Canada website, every day, an average of more than 10 …
Celtic Knot: A Clara Swift Tale by Ann Shortell
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
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
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
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
Note: this review is based on an Advance Reading Copy supplied by the author in return …
Arrow’s Flight by Joel Scott
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.
Amah and the Silk-Winged Pigeons by Jocelyn Cullity
There are certain books – not many- that I pick up to read and soon …
Most Anything You Please by Trudy J. Morgan-Cole
Most Anything You Please (2017, Breakwater Books) is the first book I have read by …
Wall of War (A Drake Alexander Adventure) by Allan Hudson
Wall of War is New Brunswick author Allan Hudson’s follow-up to Dark Side of a …
Resort by Andrew Daley
[dropcap]Andrew [/dropcap]Daley is a novelist and screenwriter. He was raised in Orangeville, Ontario, and moved …