Repairing the World, One Case at a Time: Howard Shrier's Miss Montreal Shlomo Schwartzberg, criticsatlarge.ca, July 17, 2013 Jonah Geller is back in Howard Shrier’s Miss Montreal (Random House Canada), the fourth book in his series chronicling the adventures of the determined Toronto private eye. Over four novels, including Buffalo Jump (2008), High Chicago (2009), Boston Cream (2012) and now Miss Montreal (2013), Jonah has [...]
Photo: Montreal Gazette, 2013 Crime reporter turned mystery writer sets his latest novel in Montreal By Bill Brownstein, Montreal Gazette It’s back to where it all began for Howard Shrier. And it’s about time too. The Montreal native kicked off his career as a crime reporter here for the Montreal Star, and now, 25 [...]
A thirteen minute interview with Marc Montgomery of Radio-Canada International. RCI host Marc Montgomery interviewed me when Miss Montreal came out -- and got me to admit I had never fired a handgun, an untenable position I have since rectified. http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2013/06/02/miss-montreal-the-newest-crime-thriller-in-the-series-by-howard-shrier/ In Miss Montreal, private eye Jonah Geller goes back to his roots in [...]
I can't decide if this photo makes me look like a modern Orthodox Jew or Indiana Jones's lightweight brother. Maybe I'm a little of both. A Star of David carved into the chest of a murdered journalist signals this is no ordinary crime. Which means Jonah Geller, the world-weary private investigator hired by the [...]
The Montreal website Urban Expressions asked me a few quick questions when I was promoting Miss Montreal. As soon as I saw this maple syrup display in Jean Talon market, I knew Jonah would disrupt one during a fight in Miss Montreal. It's one of many locations I researched for the book. [...]
A Toronto crime writer and his Jewish private eye By Suri Epstein, Jewish Tribune November 2012 At the Toronto Writers Centre in 2012, working on Miss Montreal. In the world of fictional private investigators you’ll get your Philip Marlowe’s and Sherlock Holmes’s but you don’t find too many Jewish practitioners. After all, how many [...]
Setting a crime/detective novel in New York or L.A. is a no-brainer. While both cities are major cultural centres, they’re also known for having a seedy underbelly, which makes them the perfect settings for classic whodunits. Canadian author Howard Shrier, meanwhile, literally took the road less traveled and chose to situate the protagonist of his books, [...]
Reviewing the Evidence: Describe yourself in a sentence? Howard Shrier: A storyteller and professional writer since the age of 21, breaking out on the crime scene with his Jonah Geller novels, while raising two sons with the only woman who could have made it happen. RTE: What’s the one record you’d take to a desert island? [...]
To coincide with my appearance at the Blue Metropolis literary festival, the Montreal Gazette commissioned writer Harold Heft to do an interview and profile. He asked a lot of good questions, not all of which could make it into the final copy, so I am including both here: first the profile, then the full interview. [...]
Howard Shrier likes his crime fiction hard-boiled, no chaser. So, after nearly three decades as a writer in one capacity or another, from journalist to corporate communications, when it was time to develop the lead character of his debut novel, Buffalo Jump, it was rough and tumble all the way. "I love the classic American private [...]
Howard Shrier is a two-time winner of the Arthur Ellis Award, Canada’s highest prize for crime fiction. The author of the acclaimed Jonah Geller series and other works, he publishes new stories and helps emerging authors finish their books, all on this site.
