

Season of Smoke by A. G. Pasquella
Reviewed by Jim Napier Contemporary hard-boiled crime novels are an endangered species. More often we find noir, or police procedurals,...


The Way Things Fall by Liz Torlee
Reviewed by Gail M. Murray Liz Torlee has crafted a contemporary novel that invites more questions than answers. Her fluid style carries...


Mirror Lake by Andrée A. Michaud
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw Under its Arachnide translation imprint, the House of Anansi is launching this spring Mirror Lake, a widely...


The Eleventh Hour by Carolyn Marie Souaid
Reviewed by Jeffrey Mackie I have been familiar with the work of Carolyn Marie Souaid for some time. Her work has always been for me...


Happy 2021! Good riddance 2020!
Now with dreadful 2020 behind us, writers and readers everywhere are hoping for a new year of creativity and, of course, the end of the...


Aubrey McKee by Alex Pugsley
Reviewed by John Delacourt Two glimpses of Halifax from two Canadian writers: “It was bitterly cold. I could feel the cold tight across...


Cradle of the Deep by Dietrich Kalteis
Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin With shades of Easy Rider and Bonnie and Clyde, in his latest crime novel, Dietrich Kalteis takes us on an...


Down in the Ground by Bruce Meyer
Reviewed by Allan Weiss Bruce Meyer is a poet, fiction author, editor, scholar, and professor with over sixty books to his credit. Down...


The Woman in Valencia by Annie Perreault
Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw Translations of French novels by Quebec authors don’t always hit the mark in English Canada. The Woman in...


Electric Castles by Cliff Burns
Reviewed by Robert Runté Cliff Burns has been writing professionally for over thirty years and self-publishing through his Black Dog...

