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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.

Legal Mysteries


CANADA


Red Mass by Rosemary Aubert

A Trial of Passion and Snow Job and I'll See You in My Dreams by William Deverell and Removing Indigenous Children from Their Families in Crime Fiction and "D" is for William Deverell

Old City Hall and The Guilty Plea by Robert Rotenberg and Questions and Answers with Robert Rotenberg and Thoughts on Questions and Answers and Stray Bullets with Q and A and Thoughts on Q and A and "R" is for Robert Rotenberg

A Settling of Accounts by Douglas Schmeiser


UNITED STATES


The Lincoln Lawyer and The Brass Verdict and The Reversal  and The Fifth Witness (California) by Michael Connelly

Murder One (Seattle) by Robert Dugoni and Email Exchange with Dugoni on Legal Ethics

The Associate (New York City) and The Confession (Texas) and The Litigators (Chicago) and The Racketeer (Virginia) by John Grisham and "G" is for John Grisham - Part I and Part II and Grisham's Lawyers and Analyzing Grisham's Lawyers

Felony Murder (New York) by Joseph T. Klempner

To Kill a Mockingbird (Rural Alabama) by Harper Lee

Solomon v. Lord and The Deep Blue Goodbye and Kill All the Lawyers and "L" is for Paul Levine (Florida) by Paul Levine

Bone Valley (Florida) by Claire Matturro

Slip & Fall (New York - Brooklyn) by Nick Santora

Innocent by Scott Turow and "T" is for Scott Turow and One L (Guest Post by Michael Selnes)One L (My Review) and Thoughts on Reviews of One L by Myself and Michael

Eight in a Box (Boston) by Raffi Yessayan 

REST OF THE WORLD

Death Turns the Tables (England) by John Dickson Carr

The Judas Window (England) John Dickson Carr writing as Carter Dickson

Last Rituals (Iceland) by Yrsa Sigurdottir

Involuntary Witness (Italy) by Gianrico Carofiglio

Red April (Peru) by Santiago Roncagliolo

Sunstorm (Sweden) by Asa Larsson

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Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction -

Background and information on 2011 and 2012 shortlists and winners