Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan

A blog reviewing mystery books, with a listing of Saskatchewan mysteries, and a sprinkling of non-fiction books, especially history and biographies

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Thursday, August 21, 2025

How to Face Death

As set out in my review of The Sixth Lamentation by William Brodrick, Agnes Embleton, born Aubert, considers how to die as motor neurone di...

Monday, August 18, 2025

Reflecting on the 6th Lamenation in the 6th Lamentation

In my last post I reviewed The 6th Lamentation by William Brodrick. The title of the book is striking. In the story a former SS officer, Ed...

Monday, August 11, 2025

The 6th Lamentation by William Brodrick

(30. - 1273.) The 6th Lamentation by William Brodrick - How does God call us? For Anselm it was a sense of unease in his barrister’s robes,...

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Thinking About Legal Assistants

While reading An Insignificant Case by Phillip Margolin I was struck by the character Elin Crane. In the book “average” lawyer Charlie Webb...

Thursday, July 31, 2025

Proof by Jon Cowan

(29. - 1272.) Proof by Jon Cowan - Jake West, Rich Kaplan and Javi Alvarez all attended Boalt Hall, now Berkeley Law. Jake is the son of a ...

Monday, July 28, 2025

The Diamond Queen of Singapore by Ian Hamilton

(31. - 1274.) The Diamond Queen of Singapore by Ian Hamilton - To my surprise Ava Lee is back in Toronto to start the book and returns to d...

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About Me

Bill Selnes: Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada; I am a lawyer in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada who enjoys reading, especially mysteries. Since 2000 I have been writing personal book reviews. This blog includes my reviews, information on and interviews with authors and descriptions of mystery bookstores I have visited. I strive to review all Saskatchewan mysteries. Other Canadian mysteries are listed under the Rest of Canada. As a lawyer I am always interested in legal mysteries. I have a separate page for legal mysteries. Occasionally my reviews of legal mysteries comment on the legal reality of the mystery. You can follow the progression of my favourite authors with up to 15 reviews. Each year I select my favourites in "Bill's Best of ----". As well as current reviews I am posting reviews from 2000 to 2011. Below my most recent couple of posts are the posts of Saskatchewan mysteries I have reviewed alphabetically by author. If you only want a sentence or two description of the book and my recommendation when deciding whether to read the book look at the bold portion of the review. If you would like to email me the link to my email is on the profile page.

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