

The Occidental Hotel by John Bentley Mays
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw An eccentric novel, The Occidental Hotel, will not be of interest to many CanLit readers. Mays does not...


Without Blood by Martin Michaud
Reviewed by Jim Napier Martin Michaud is an established author whose crime novels are the basis for an award-winning series featured on...


Deception Cove by Owen Laukkanen
Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin Just this week, I read that books with a dog in them are “enchanting” while books where a dog dies are...


Lone Jack Trail by Owen Laukkanen
Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin What do you do when your new lover is accused of murder and you’re not really sure of his guilt or innocence?...


The Rose Guardian by Lorina Stephens
Reviewed by Robert Runté It starts with a funeral. Una Cotter is dead, and her sixty-something daughter, Vi, is left to sort out her...


To Kill a King by W.L. Hawkin
Reviewed by Gail M. Murray Hawkin seamlessly weaves prehistoric Irish history (200 BCE) and Celtic mythology in this compelling...


Welcome to ORB’s Easter 2021 Issue
Ottawa’s warm days of spring offer some relief to the city’s much-beleaguered denizens, now going through a second Easter weekend under...


Fuse by Hollay Ghadery
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann Fuse Author Hollay Ghadery is the daughter of an Iranian father and a Canadian mother of English descent....


Life in the Court of Matane by Éric Dupont
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw Published in French as Bestiaire in 2008 and first translated into English in 2016, the second edition of...


Murder on the Orford Mountain Railway by Nick Fonda
Reviewed by Jim Napier In August 1905 in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, the Orford Mountain Railway is being extended, and a...

