The River Midnight

In the city of Ersilia, the citizens stretch strings from the corners of the houses, white or black or zebra’d, to show the relationships that exist between them, whether of blood or trade or friendship. ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Martin Sloane

By Michael Redhill

Michael Redhill’s first novel is the story of a young woman, Jolene, who, while attending college in upstate New York, is attracted to the work of an Irish-Canadian artist, the eponymous Martin Sloane. Jolene contrives ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Broken Ground

By Jack Hodgins

Broken Ground is a departure for Governor General’s Award-winning author Jack Hodgins. The Vancouver Island setting and the humour of The Macken Charm and Spit Delaney’s Island are here, but Broken Ground is finely complemented ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Amuse Bouche: A Russell Quant Mystery

By Anthony Bidulka

Saskatoon private investigator Russell Quant spent his first year in business finding more than his fair share of wayward kitties and truant Corning Ware casserole dishes. But now he’s been hired by wealthy businessman Harold ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Hominids

By Robert J. Sawyer

A blurb on the jacket of Hominids, the latest novel from Toronto science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer, suggests that he be considered “Canada’s answer to Michael Crichton.” Talk about damning with faint praise. While ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Dreadfulwater Shows up

By Hartley GoodWeather

DreadfulWater Shows Up is the story of Cherokee ex-cop-turned-photographer-turned-detective Thumps DreadfulWater. The book, which focuses on DreadfulWater’s investigation into a series of murders around a new condo project, creates as many mysteries as it solves.First, ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Stone and the Maiden

By Dennis Jones

Dennis Jones, author of several Cold War thrillers including Rubicon One and Winter Palace, has decided to give the sword-and-sorcery genre a try. The Stone and the Maiden is the first installment of a trilogy ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Realia

By Will Aitken

Realia, the third novel from Montreal-based writer and broadcaster Will Aitken, defies easy description. It is part straightforward quest for self-knowledge and part surrealist fantasy, an unusual merging of waking and dreamlike worlds that draws ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Skating Pond

By Deborah Jay Corey

The Skating Pond is the second novel from Canadian writer Deborah Jay Corey, now settled in an American coastal village. Her first novel, Losing Eddie, was awarded the WH Smith/Books In Canada First Novel Award. ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Talon

By Paulette Dubé

Paulette Dubé’s debut novel Talon is a testament to the tenacity of family ties: no matter where you go or with whom you share your life, you cannot escape where you came from. Dubé begins ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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