Sam Montcalm
Chatting in Old Quebec… about Murder!
Tom Henighan spent a whirlwind 48 hours in Quebec City last week. Culminating with a reading event at La Maison Anglaise bookstore, Tom spent the day chatting with various Quebec City media outlets, and even stopped by CBC Radio Quebec City for an interview.
Tom chatted about his first adult mystery novel, Nightshade, the debut of [...]
Sam Montcalm: In the Flesh
We’ve been getting to know our mystery writers and their characters a bit more over the last few weeks. I think it’s time to turn our attention back to Sam Montcalm, detective on the scene in Tom Henighan’s Nightshade.
Sam is a self-described “lone wolf,” with complicated relationships and a deep cynicism towards humankind. Has he [...]
(Fictionally) Stolen from the CSIS Files…
Sam Montcalm has hit the shelves in his first case with Dundurn Press. Nightshade officially published less than a week ago! (You guys might remember how we featured Tom’s true-to-life murder investigation as quasi-tribute to its release.) As Sam moves across the country from the Dundurn stage, wouldn’t it be great to get a closer [...]
The Death Ship, Part Four
You’ve been following along all week… how does Tom Henighan’s investigation wrap up? Read on…
PART FOUR: Case Closed
Reports of the murder were spreading through the Colony. I was suddenly very popular at cocktail parties. The armed intervention seemed especially to delight the British. Someone suggested that this was the firsttime a British military force had [...]
The Death Ship, Part Three
Tom’s first suspect is about to emerge! Who does the crew of the U.S.S. Robert Craig think is responsible for the disappearance and apparent murder of Jimmie Hill? Read on to find out!
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PART THREE: The Usual Suspects?
With armed guards at the door, the captain began to confide in us.
“You have to arrest him now. We’re [...]
The Death Ship: Tom Henighan Plays Detective
Tom Henighan has published many titles for Dundurn, but his first foray into the adult mystery genre, Nightshade, has just hit the shelves. Tom has certainly drawn on his personal insights to create many of his characters and develop his stories… and well, the fact that he helped investigate a real murder would be great [...]
Q&A with Tom Henighan, author of Nightshade
Tell us about your forthcoming novel.
My first two attempts at fiction were mystery novels, one of them based on a real murder I investigated in the British colony of Aden (now Yemen), the other set in the north of England, where I lived and studied for several years. Later, as a university professor, I taught [...]
