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the U.S.: "Blunt pulls off a remarkable feat: He makes a story drenched in sadness almost unbearably exciting. The result is the most beautifully written, deeply felt page-turner of the year." — Kirkus "An unexpected yet utterly realistic twist lifts this novel into extremely interesting (and entertaining) territory. Sharp dialogue, complex characters and a satisfying conclusion." —Publishers Weekly |
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Canda: "In By the Time You Read This, Blunt, who has received Canadian and International awards for this series, once again proves he can set the scene better than almost anyone else in the crime genre, putting the reader right into Algonquin Bay with all its autumnal glory, its painful lives and sordid little secrets. . . . Blunt, unlike some series authors, never writes the same book twice." — The Globe and Mail "Giles Blunt's fourth and most affecting crime novel. . . . makes for great sleuthing. It also makes for heart-breaking stuff, the kind of thing that forces the reader to turn away from the page and give the horror a rest. — Toronto Star "You always expect a crime novel to throw curves at you. With the good ones, it is the unexpected twists that keep the reader engaged and turning the page. With the latest John Cardinal adventure in By the Time You Read This, Canadian author Giles Blunt delivers a true heart stopper. . . . a taut, bleak thriller that takes readers on a roller-coaster ride of high emotion, deception and suspicion." — Edmonton Journal "Giles Blunt's fourth novel is cause for celebration. . . . His award-winning work continues to grow. By the Time You Read This is the best of an excellent quartet." — The Hamilton Spectator “In a series that has already taken home numerous awards, this volume, Blunt’s fourth, stands out for its grace, compassion and the elegance of his writing. . . . It is a poignant literary work that nonetheless offers all the gritty satisfaction of a standard police procedural. This is, quite simply, a great book from a writer at the top of his form.” — Calgary Herald |
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the U.S.: "[A] searing portrait of a cop unable to prevent his wife's self-destruction." — Kirkus "Blunt spins a highly disturbing but truly memorable tale about a Canadian cult's murder spree. . . . The action will glue readers to the page, but the plot is equally moving in its quieter, more poignant moments when Cardinal, whose wife suffers from bouts of severe depression, must take time to handle family matters. Based on a true crime, the pulsing, tightly plotted narrative again shows why Blunt (Forty Words for Sorrow) should be considered among the new practitioners of crime drama's elite." — Publishers Weekly |
| From Canada: "The rapacious insects . . . amount to a single, malevolent character . . . a fit match for the novel's bloodthirsty murderer. . . . Blunt's script-writing experience shows in his crisp dialogue and rapid-fire intorduction of minor characters, while his literary gifts are apparent in Cardinal's tortured soul." — Maclean's "Blunt has quickly [become] one of the top crime writers in Canada, indeed internationally, and deservedly so. . . . A few more novels like Blackfly Season and Blunt may well achieve literary iconic status himself." — The Globe and Mail "Blunt writes easily and compellingly. . . But the details are what set Blackfly Season — and Blunt — apart from the pack." — Montreal Gazette "Crime buffs will revel in the painstaking detail of the ensuing investigation -- lovingly researched by Blunt . . . . There is a memorable watering-hole scene in Blackfly Season, and the success of the series (the first two books are Forty Words for Sorrow and The Delicate Storm) suggests that Blunt won't have to get back behind a bar anytime soon. The Cardinal books have received positive reviews and earned Blunt fans around the world." — Canada Press |
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| From the U.K.: "A hard-hitting crime story given a sharper edge by infusions of the occult." — Northern Echo "Blunt's plot grabs you by the throat and won't let go until the suspense is played out on the final page. Excellent." — Western Daily Press |
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From the U.S.; "Both [Forty Words for Sorrow and The Delicate Storm] are notable for their subtly nuanced, mordantly poetic images in which what you might call the formerly human has been transmogrified by violence into a part of this natural setting. . . . The Canadian landscape . . . [is] rendered with a gritty photorealism that makes Blunt's writing unusually cinematic." —Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Review of Books "Blunt writes with the flashing grace of an ice skater skimming over a frozen pond." —New York Times Book Reivew "Blunt scores again . . . . The plot races toward the finish line but not at the expense of the characters." —Library Journal "Blunt stands as a master craftsman who shows us not only darkness, but also decency." —Publishers Weekly "A humdinger of a plot." —Kirkus |
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From Canada: "It's almost a crime how beautiful Blunt's prose is . . . You are preternaturally there with these characters, crunching across frozen parking lots, shivering at stakeouts in the woods—ordinary cop scenes that in the hands of a stylist like Blunt become means of ratcheting up suspense." —Quill & Quire "Blunt has woven together fictional characters with recent history to create a narrative both instructive and compelling." —The National Post "Blunt gets into the minds of killers, much to his readers' pleasure. This is not murder for murder's sake. It's literary murder." —Ottawa Citizen "The prose bristles with tension and Blunt presents a conspiracy starring all the right acronyms—CSIS, the RCMP, the CIA and the FLQ. The Delicate Storm is the second novel featuring Det. John Cardinal and I hope it won't be the last." —Chatelaine "It is a multi-layered, elegantly written story that manages to transform ancient politics into unput-downable reading." —Calgary Herald |
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From the U.K.: "The action . . . is skilfully paced and full of the kind of ambiguities which face real detectives." —Sunday Telegraph "This is a sharp, offbeat, witty book . . . Refreshing and, above all, entertaining." —Sherlock "The weather plays a big part in this spectacularly good psychological thriller." —Glasgow Evening Times "The pace of Blunt's complex plot develops with increasing intensity, permeated by the lethal eerie winter. . . . This is a gripping thriller." —The Oxford Times "Giles Blunt's The Delicate Storm confirms his early promise as the leading Canadian crime writer of his generation, with a satisfying knack of convincingly portraying the cold and often desolate terrain of his native country." —Birmingham Post "Cardinal and Delorme make wonderful protagonists, but it's the weather that takes centre stage in Giles Blunt's excellent psychological thriller. . . . I adore this visual book for its underplayed characterisation and delicious subtlety. . . . The Delicate Storm is crime fiction at its best. It's also literature." —Irish Examiner |
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