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Sale!
Our annual Louis Riel Day Sale will be held from Tuesday, February 21st to Sunday, February 26th. All used books, including collectibles, will be 50% off. read more

Comic Crime
At first glance, crime fiction and humour seem unlikely partners, and it is true that comedy is something only occasionally striven for by crime authors. Nevertheless, there is a distinct subcategory of comic crime on the bookshelves of Whodunit? What follows is a selective meandering through the genre rather than an exhaustive survey. It also does not attempt to cover the recent category of ?comic crime cozy.? read more

Store Reorganization
It seems that it has become a tradition that anytime that I am back in Winnipeg, there is always a ?little? project for me to do. This time around, it was a bit bigger than any of us expected, namely the shelving re-organization. It has been noted both by us and by many of our customers that there are too many alphabets in the store, which at times makes it difficult to find what you are looking for. read more

What I'm Reading
I was recommending the Sarah Caudwell ?Hilary Tamar? series to my sister last year when she recommended Deanna Raybourn in return. I assumed it would be in the same genre, but it wasn?t, Raybourn?s ?Lady Julia? series is a historical mystery set in Victorian England. I don?t normally do historical fiction, but I almost always like what my sister likes so I tried it. Well. As you know I?m now a devoted convert not only to Raybourn but the genre and it?s opened up my reading possibilities tremendously. read more

New Feature - Sleepers
In the course of our reorganization we were again reminded of the large number of perfectly readable authors on our used shelves whose books, for one reason or another, are no longer in demand. read more

Review - 1222 by Anne Holt
Anne Holt is a Norwegian crime writer who has an interesting background, which includes police work, news anchor, law school, a brief spell as Norway?s minister of justice, and a track record of successful books. 1222 (the number refers to meters above sea level) is her eighth book featuring Hanne Wilhelmsen. read more

Used Book Update
We're making some changes to the way our used books are shelved and as a result we're putting a temporary halt on any further used book buying. We'll be happy to look at your used books again when the transition is complete. read more

Staff Picks and Reviews Reviews Archives

Recommended by Jack: Mamur Zapt
As I recently watched with growing fascination the televised events in Cairo, I was reminded that I knew quite a lot about the earlier history of Egypt of a century ago, thanks to the wonderful crime... read more

Review: The Poison Door by Steve Malley
We had a customer in the store last week looking for some paperbacks to keep him going on the flight to New Zealand. The chat was how New Zealand was supposed to be like British Columbia... read more

Wednesday Review: Pronto and Riding the Rap by Elmore Leonard
Elmore Leonard has long been considered one of the greatest of the American mystery writers. However, he is not really a writer of series. With a few exceptions, his characters do not reappear, and if they do, it is... read more

Mini Review: A Glimpse of Evil by Victoria Laurie
Many of you know that I'm a big fan of Victoria Laurie, particularly of her 'Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye' series. Needless to say, I was thrilled when home for the last long weekend that the new... read more

Review: The Kingdom Beyond The Waves - Stephen Hunt
One of the first books which I wrote about for this newsletter was the genre-defying Court of Air, Hunts' first offering in his Jackelian series. The Kingdom Beyond the Waves, which sees the return of several... read more

Review: The Moneypenny Diaries: Final Fling by Kate Westbrook
I think that we can all agree that the mark of a really good book is an ending that really stays with you. But what makes a really special book is an ending that you can... read more

Review: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Being fairly new to the murder-mystery genre, I wasn't expecting much from Stieg Larsson's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". By the last page, I was dying to read the next in the trilogy and saddened... read more