Scarborough centers around a publicly funded literacy program in Southern Ontario. The educators, the parents and the children attending are the focus of the story as the author shifts perspectives from each family in an effort to dig deeper into a struggling low-income community. This was a tough read. It’s not a long book, but…
Washington Black – or Wash as he comes to be known – is an eleven year old slave at a plantation in Barbados. Wash is discovered by Christopher “Titch” Wilde – the younger brother of the plantation’s owner – to be a gifted illustrator. Spending years developing a flying machine he’s dubbed “The Cloud Cutter”,…
It’s Christmas Eve and the Montreal police are dealing with the discovery of five corpses from the city’s homeless population. Inspector Luc Vanier doesn’t believe in coincidences and is ruling the deaths as suspicious. When reports come back that the deceased were poisoned, Luc must race to find the guilty party before more bodies pile…
When a woman whom Ethan is seeing asks for his help in tracking down her missing sister, he finds himself mixed up with skinheads, satanic-panic films, and a whole hell of a lot of bloodshed. It’s no surprise to see me here singing the praises of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips yet again, but this…
Reformed criminal Ike Randolph has cultivated a careful life with the goal of staying out of the prying eyes of the law. But when he’s subjected to a parent’s worst nightmare – burying your child – Ike takes the failure of the law as fuel to solve the murders of his son, Isaiah, and his…
Looking for something to read now that the Christmas season has us fully in its grasp? Well, look no further! I’ve got a list of seasonal stories for you. Frost At Christmas (1984) Now, it’s been about a decade since I’ve read this one. My fiancee is a huge fan of R.D. Wingfield’s Inspector Jack…
Last year, I opened the Top 10 with a comment about how much 2020 had sucked. Given that we are still grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic, it did leave me with a lot of time on my hands in the early part of the year to devour books like a madman. So, much like last…
The Devil All The Time is one of those books where everyone I know who has read it has had nothing but exceptional things to say about it. So, why the hell did it take me so long to read it? If you’re looking for fiction that is as gritty as sandpaper covered in broken…
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