The Landscape of Canadian Women's Crime Fiction

Tag: book-reviews

  • Shari Lapena’s Getting Away with Murder

    Shari Lapena’s tenth domestic thriller is due out in late July. My thanks to NetGalley and the book’s publisher for the ARC. A decade ago, Lapena published her first crime novel after having written two previous literary novels, Things Go Flying and Happiness Economics. The Couple Next Door was a massive success, and it’s a…

  • Jane Doucet’s Blood Typed: A New Halifax Cozy Series

    Jane Doucet’s Blood Typed, the author’s fourth novel but first mystery, appeared in print last month. This is a fun addition to Canadian crime fiction, with a focus on Halifax and, more generally, Nova Scotia settings, including the South Shore and scenic Mahone Bay as well as Wolfville, the home of Acadia University. And oddly,…

  • Island Crime Fiction: From Scotland to Scylly

    I typically discover new (to me) crime writers in a range of ways: through newspaper and online reviews; from friends who foist favourites on me; and as fortuitous discoveries in Free Little Libraries. But this is my first time finding a terrifically interesting crime writer by happenstance, while arranging to rent her home during my…