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Surprising Twists And Nail-Biting Suspense: Reviewing The Evidence

2019-02-06T12:10:35-05:00February 6th, 2019|Categories: High Chicago, Reviews|Tags: , , , , |

Howard Shrier follows up last year’s prize-winning Buffalo Jump with a foray into another American city in High Chicago that I thought was, if anything, even better than the first. When Jonah Geller first appeared last year, in Buffalo Jump, he was a rather low-profile employee of Beacon Security, where he spent his time largely doing [...]

Perilous And Hilarious: Winnipeg Free Press

2019-02-06T11:04:34-05:00May 11th, 2018|Categories: Miss Montreal, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , |

For Howard Shrier, it’s fourth-time lucky with his latest Jonah Geller case, Miss Montreal (Vintage, 288 pages, $20). Not that the Toronto journo hasn’t had his share of good fortune—his scrappy, Jewish, homegrown PI’s 2008 debut, Buffalo Jump, won the Crime Writers of Canada award for best first novel, while the sequel, High Chicago, was named 2009’s best Canadian crime [...]

His Best Jonah Geller Book Yet: Globe And Mail

2019-02-06T11:05:37-05:00May 11th, 2018|Categories: Miss Montreal, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The latest Jonah Geller novel begins, improbably, at summer camp, where Geller assists a sports-challenged kid in the finals of a softball tournament. It’s a long shot from Geller’s last outing, which found him nearly dead in Boston, and events there mean he’s not returning to the U.S. of A. any time soon. So it’s Toronto [...]

Howard Shrier Is On A Roll: Spinetingler Magazine

2019-02-06T11:11:16-05:00May 8th, 2018|Categories: Boston Cream, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , |

Canadian crime writer Howard Shrier is on a roll. Making his debut in 2008 with Buffalo Jump, he introduced readers to Jonah Geller, a gutsy Toronto-based Jewish PI with friends in low places. The book netted Shrier that year’s Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel. The sequel, High Chicago, earned him a second Arthur Ellis, this time for [...]

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