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The Devil to Pay: An Inspector Green Mystery by Barbara Fradkin

October 10, 2021 by Allan Hudson

When a man disappears, the police conclude he is simply fleeing an unhappy home and a mountain of debt. Then a body is discovered. Inspector Green’s daughter, a rookie patrol officer, fears that her actions precipitated the murder and starts to dig for answers. Her search leads her straight into the path of danger. And another body.

Constant Nobody by Michelle Butler Hallett

January 3, 2022April 25, 2021 by Ian Colford

The main action of Michelle Butler Hallett’s complex, absorbing historical thriller Constant Nobody takes place in 1937, primarily in Moscow, capital of the Soviet Union.

Savage Gerry by John Jantunen

April 20, 2021April 17, 2021 by James M. Fisher

A thrilling apocalyptic tale that rushes from the inside of a prison to a world that feels even more dangerous. The End couldn’t have come at a better time for Gerald Nichols.

The Hush Sisters by Gerard Collins

December 6, 2020December 5, 2020 by Gemma Marr

Sissy and Ava Hush are estranged, middle-aged sisters with little in common beyond their upbringing in a peculiar manor in downtown St. John’s. With both parents now dead, the siblings must decide what to do with the old house they’ve inherited.

You Were Never Here by Kathleen Peacock

November 7, 2021November 30, 2020 by James M. Fisher

Cat hasn’t been to Montgomery Falls, the town her family founded, since she was twelve years old. Since the summer she discovered she could do things that no normal twelve-year-old could do. Since she had her first kiss with Riley Fraser. Since she destroyed their friendship. Now, five years later, she’s back and Riley has disappeared.

Messenger 93 by Barbara Radecki

March 28, 2021July 23, 2020 by Gemma Marr

Barbara Radecki’s sophomore novel, Messenger 93, opens with a flutter of information. A mind-bending conversation with a crow kicks off the absorbing thriller, and cryptic messages, hidden clues, and uncertain instructions become the norm in M, the narrator’s, life. … Continue reading

Impurity by Larry Tremblay, Translated by Sheila Fischman

March 4, 2021June 7, 2020 by Patricia Sandberg

Larry Tremblay is a playwright, poet and essayist in addition to novelist, and we feel the playwright at work in this book as scenes shift before us. Tremblay plays with us. He walks us through a “trap full of mirrors” … Continue reading

Access Point by Tom Gabbay

June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 by Allan Hudson

Wouldn't we all want a second chance at life?When young American art student Mia Fraser is brutally murdered steps away from her London house she shares with computer genius Ula Mishkin, it leaves the socially inept scientist heartbroken.

Spring Cleaning: Mini-Reviews for May 2020

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 by James M. Fisher

It’s May and it’s time for a little spring cleaning of some titles I’ve read, but haven’t reviewed as yet. There’s a mixed bag here; something for every reader’s taste.

Gord Hunter’s memoirs of his life in the Canadian Navy … Continue reading

On the Edge by Lesley Strutt

January 5, 2020 by James M. Fisher

On the Edge is a novel of a young person determined to take matters into their own hands to find out the truth, solve some family mysteries and to discover her birth parents.

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.

Peacock in the Snow by Anubha Mehta

August 19, 2019November 3, 2018 by James M. Fisher

Born to privilege and wed to her high school sweetheart Veer, a free-spirited Maya feels trapped in a conventional upper-class family with patriarchal expectations in India. Curiosity leads Maya to unearth a dark family secret, a brutal ancestral murder which begins to haunt her and also affect her new marriage.

In the Wake by Nicola Davison

September 3, 2019August 18, 2018 by James M. Fisher

In the Wake is a novel that contains a mild, but ever-present strain of suspense and an undertone of distrust amongst its protagonists, which makes for the type of novel that keeps you reading until the final page.

Parent Teacher Association by Jennifer Soosar

July 9, 2017July 6, 2017 by James M. Fisher

arent Teacher Association is, as the cover states, a “Novel of Suspense” which it very much is. The female protagonist is Lizanne Demeter, a young teacher looking for a second chance in life. She finds herself reborn, recently released from … Continue reading

Steal It All by Chuck Bowie

February 13, 2021September 21, 2016 by James M. Fisher

The third story in the series Donovan: Thief For Hire, begins with a brutal daylight murder of an English citizen in the Canadian embassy in London, England. The ambassador calls upon a combination of Scotland Yard and the RCMP . Then there’s the ace up his sleeve. Sean Donovan, a thief for hire who doubles as a security consultant.