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Reproduction by Ian Williams

Reviewed by Chris Margeson Ian Williams’ debut novel Reproduction, released in February of this year, already feels like the kind of book...

The Watcher in the Woods by Kelley Armstrong

Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin Who is The Watcher in the Woods? Book Four in Kelley Armstrong’s Casey Duncan crime series follows fresh on the...

Give Out Creek by J. G. Toews

Reviewed by Jim Napier One of a reviewer’s delights is running across a promising debut author. Recently I had the pleasure of reading...

Dear Evelyn by Kathy Page

Reviewed by Gail M. Murray It's easy to see why this master craftsman was awarded the Roger's Writer's Trust Prize for Fiction in 2018....

Canada springs back to life with ORB's March issue

Soon it will be time to sit under a tree, enjoy the warmth of a spring sun and read a good book. To help with the choice of your reading,...

Butterfly by John Delacourt

Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw What struck me about Butterfly was the elegance, with which the author unravelled a crime mystery plot,...

All Our Relations by Tanya Talaga

Reviewed by Menaka Raman-Wilms All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward is the written version of the 2018 CBC Massey Lectures....

A Joy to be Hidden by Ariela Freedman

Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann The title of this novel comes from a quote by the British psychoanalyst Donald W. Winnicott, the full...

You Owe Me a Murder by Eileen Cook

Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin This is no Throw Momma from the Train. These are high school kids in their senior year, messing with each other...

The Wolves of St. Peter’s by Gina Buonaguro & Janice Kirk

Reviewed by Gail M. Murray This compelling historical murder mystery set in Renaissance Rome begins “It wasn’t the first time he’d seen a...

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Robert Runté

Ian Thomas Shaw

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