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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Sunday, December 8, 2024

Clothes in Books Blog Awards

In my post yesterday I wrote a letter to my friend, Moira Redmond, from the blog, Clothes in Books, about the dress Eden Tong wore in Lies a...

Saturday, December 7, 2024

The Dress That Stole the Wedding in Lies and Weddings

Early in the fall my blogging friend, Moira, from the wonderful blog, Clothes in Books did a review of Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan. My ...

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan

(59. - 1242.) Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan - A spectacular opening in 1995. Henry Tong, having just won $7.4 million playing poker in Ma...

Friday, November 29, 2024

Shanghai by Joseph Kanon

(48. - 1231.) Shanghai by Joseph Kanon - 1939 was a desperate time to be a Jew in Germany. Nazi laws were steadily eliminating their rights...

Monday, November 25, 2024

Summing Up Maisie Dobbs

Summing up a life is a challenge. How much detail? How much emotion? In The Comfort of Ghosts Winspear brilliantly sums up the life of Mais...

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear

After putting up a post reviewing the 18th and final Maisie Dobbs mystery I realized as I was preparing a summing up post on the series that...

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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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