Despite an author with a clear affection for the mystery genre and a globe-trotting plot, a debut work of fiction underwhelms our reviewer. Brevity might be the soul of wit, but in the case of a novel, that’s not always true. —Zoe McKenna reviews The Mosaic Key, by Archer Campbell (Victoria: Tellwell Talent, 2026) $17.99 / 9781834381039
Blood, Sweat, and Fear: The Story of Inspector Vance, Vancouver’s First Forensic Investigator by Eve Lazarus Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2017 $21.95 / 9781551526850 Reviewed by Bonnie Reilly Schmidt First published Nov. 8, 2017 * In Blood, Sweat, and Fear: The Story of Inspector Vance, Vancouver’s First Forensic Investigator Eve Lazarus rescues one of the…
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The White Angel by John MacLachlan Gray Madeira Park: Douglas & McIntyre, 2017 $29.95 / 9781771621465 Reviewed by Ginny Ratsoy First published Sept. 8, 2017 * The challenges of writing historical fiction are manifold. Writers must capture both the exterior (surface and sociological details of a time they know only through research) and the interior…
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