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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Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Remembering Gail Bowen

The world of crime fiction lost a great writer when Gail Bowen died last week. I lost a bright, kind and generous friend. Our first contact ...

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Arthur Conan Doyle Studies Murder

While reading The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 2 selected and introduced by Alan K. Russell (1979) I was surprised to find three articles on r...

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 2 selected and introduced by Alan K. Russell (1979)

(5. - 1247.) The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 2 selected and introduced by Alan K. Russell (1979) - Part I - Books come to readers in various ...

Thursday, June 18, 2026

The Keeper by Tana French

(23. - 1312.) The Keeper by Tana French - After 3 years in Ardnakelty Cal Cooper can easily banter with the quick tongued locals. He has ea...

Saturday, June 13, 2026

Emails With Sam Wiebe on Travis McGee and Dave Wakeland

I exchanged emails with Sam Wiebe concerning The Last Exile and Guns Across the River and his sleuth Dave Wakeland. The emails are below. ...

Monday, June 8, 2026

Guns Across the River by Sam Wiebe

*(22. - 1311.) Guns Across the River by Sam Wiebe - At 1:00 am Dave Wakeland is winding down after a poker game in his float home at Granvi...

Thursday, June 4, 2026

The Last Exile by Sam Wiebe

*(20. - 1309.) The Last Exile by Sam Wiebe - Since she met Budd Stack 40 years ago Jan has been in love with Budd. He has been good to her,...

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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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