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 [...]

(Dundurn) Murder in Maclean’s

Welcome to Dundurn’s Summer of Murder and Mayhem! As touched upon in our last post, we’re spending the remaining weeks of heat taking a look at our mystery and true crime titles and sharing our favourite picks, passages, and a few specially created posts from Dundurn staff and authors alike.  There might be a giveaway or [...]

Dundurn’s Summer of Murder and Mayhem

There’s nothing I love more than to read. Well, maybe a good cup of tea or lounging in a bed with freshly laundered sheets, but thankfully both of those can be enjoyed in the company of a good book.
Summer is the perfect time to pick up that book you’ve been eyeing for a while, or [...]

The Bishop, in the Green Room, with the candlestick

I love a good mystery. Not so much the ‘where did I put that claim form I NEED to send off today?’ kind, but your garden variety crime thriller. On a sunny summer weekend, in the hammock, with a cold beverage nearby (yes, it is a balancing act), there’s almost nothing better than a spicy [...]

Running with Dillinger Reviews

Since everyone else seems to be blogging today, I could not help but feel left out so I’m jumping into the fun by letting you know about a couple of recent brilliant reviews of Edward Butts’ Running with Dillinger, a book filled with chapters on various Canadian outlaws of the past.

Let’s hop to the reviews [...]