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Showing posts with label Criticism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Criticism. Show all posts
22 March 2025

Tumbling Towards Mystery

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The Stone Cottage Mystery Joyce Boyle Toronto: Macmillan, 1961 151 pages A big city girl made unhappy by her family's move to a small to...
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03 February 2025

Pardonable Levels of Violence

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Tolerable Levels of Violence Robert G. Collins Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1983 241 pages Four years ago, while driving home from a ...
16 September 2024

As He Lay Dying

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The Jameson Girls Jan Hilliard [Hilda Kay Grant] Toronto: Nelson, Foster & Scott, 1956 240 pages King Jameson is dying and his daughters...
09 September 2024

Gilbert Parker's Hollywood Ending

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Being an addendum to last week's post on Gilbert Parker's The Money Master .   Of the eighteen Gilbert Parker screen adaptations, Th...
22 July 2024

A Mid-Century Modern Country House Mystery

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Harsh Evidence Pamela Fry London: Wingate, 1953 172 pages Because this is a Canadian country house mystery, the house isn't terribly old...
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17 June 2024

A Nova Scotian Writes Ontario Gothic

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Morgan's Castle Jan Hilliard [Hilda Kay Grant] New York: Abelard & Schulman, 1964 188 pages An uncredited dust jacket of mysterious ...
12 May 2024

Growing up with Mother

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Miranda Jan Hilliard [Hilda Kay Grant] New York: Abelard -Schuman, 1960 247 pages   Miranda is the mother of two daughters, the younger bein...
16 April 2024

Of Known Knowns, Known Unknowns, Unknown Unknowns, and David Richard Beasley

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  Canadian Authors You Should Know is a self-published book written by a man who counts himself amongst those you should know.    Is that n...