Giles Blunt wrote for television in New York City before returning to Toronto three years ago. He is the author of Forty Words for Sorrow and The Delicate Storm.
"The rapacious insects...amount to a single, malevolent
character...a fit match for the novel's bloodthirsty murderer....
Blunt's scriptwriting experience shows in his crisp dialogue and
rapid-fire introduction 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"
"He's a true samurai of the north. We care about Cardinal, and we
miss him when he's not on the page: we'll follow him
anywhere....Blackfly Season is a superior thriller. Blunt's sense
of place is unsurpassed, and the scenes and events have an icy
clarity that is the hallmark of his style."
-"Quill & Quire
""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
""This simply isn't your typical whodunit. Instead, Blunt's
detective hero, John Cardinal, isn't a master of detection but a
real live human being with a troubled wife whose deteriorating
mental health lends the novel continuing tension. And Blunt can
write; his characters are fully realized, his humour wry and he
knows that stories are what we are.... Readers do not have to be
devotees of genre crime fiction to enjoy Blackfly Season. Well
paced and plotted, this is page-turning entertainment for all
seasons that will leave you scratching imaginary blackfly
bites."
-"The Sun Times "(Owen Sound)
"Blunt, in one fell swoop, has become the blackfly's biggest
promoter, plastering its name on his latest creation-a novel
guaranteed to keep the razzle in the dazzle of one of Canada's more
inspired crime writers."
"-Ottawa Citizen
""Blunt writes with an easy style that reflects his experience in
television. The narrative, complex but not over-burdened with a
myriad of subplots, flows nicely. He has a good eye for physical
detail, and he creates characters that have enough depth to
maintain a reader's interest-particularly his complex
protagonist.... Cardinal fans, and those who haven't experienced
him before, won't be disappointed by the veteran detective's latest
outing, which has enough twists and turns to keep them guessing,
and they will, no doubt, be eager to read his fourth
adventure."
"-""The Halifax Chronicle-Herald
""Crime buffs will revel in the painstaking detail of the ensuing
investigation-lovingly researched by Blunt, who admits he has
developed a fascination for such gory details."
"-The Windsor Star
""It takes a pretty confident (others would say misguided) writer
to take on the usually trite amnesia gambit, but Blunt brings an
unexpected emotional depth and psychological resonance to the
matter, breathing new life into the cliche."
-"National Post
""Blunt has written for television, and it shows in the tight prose
and a plot that skips along at a good pace."
-"NOW "(Toronto)
"Blunt deftly weaves various plotlines together and tells a
chilling story set in a beautiful but primitive environment."
-"The London Free Press
,,"."Giles Blunt writes a taut, gripping tale of suspense that is
loaded with gritty realism in a story that comestogether like the
pieces of a puzzle. Dogged police work, as opposed to quantum leaps
of plot logic, turns Blackfly Season into a credible, dramatic
yarn.... Few can match Blunt's wit, wry observations and
emotionally charged background sketches."
-"Edmonton Journal
""All three plots are quietly engrossing and the characters,
especially Cardinal, feel authentic, as does the landscape of pine,
granite, cold lakes, bears, and bugs. Blunt, who grew up in North
Bay, knows whereof he writes."
-"Cottage Life
""Blunt sets his highly acclaimed Cardinal and Delorme series in
Canada's remote Algonquin Bay, which is far from civilization, far
from prosperous, and filled with such daily-living challenges as
relentless winter storms followed by the spring arrival of
rapacious black flies ..... his characters are wonderfully
realistic; his pacing never flags; his knowledge of police
procedure is accurate without being show-offy; and he leaves the
reader not so much with a story as with a glimpse into a perfectly
realized world. First-rate."
--Connie Fletcher, "Booklist "starred review
Praise for Giles Blunt:
"Giles Blunt dazzled us mystery lovers with Forty Words for Sorrow.
Now he has done it again with The Delicate Storm. Don't miss
it."
--Tony Hillerman
"Giles Blunt, whose previous novel, Forty Words for Sorrow, is one
of the best debuts I've ever read, has brought back the same
characters and the same setting, but has developed a more complex
case in The Delicate Storm. . . . It's every bit as good."
--"The Globe and Mail"
"[Giles Blunt] is one of the top crime writers around."
--"National Post"
"The Delicate Storm follows [Forty Words for Sorrow]with the same
wry humour, understated storytelling and sensitive understanding of
how lives can be shattered by a single misstep. . . . Unput-
downable reading."
--"Calgary Herald" "From the Hardcover edition."
" The rapacious insects... amount to a single, malevolent
character... a fit match for the novel' s bloodthirsty murderer...
. Blunt' s scriptwriting experience shows in his crisp dialogue and
rapid-fire introduction 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"
" He' s a true samurai of the north. We care about Cardinal, and we
miss him when he' s not on the page: we' ll follow him anywhere...
.Blackfly Season is a superior thriller. Blunt' s sense of place is
unsurpassed, and the scenes and events have an icy clarity that is
the hallmark of his style."
- "Quill & Quire
"" 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
"" This simply isn' t your typical whodunit. Instead, Blunt' s
detective hero, John Cardinal, isn' t a master of detection but a
real live human being with a troubled wife whose deteriorating
mental health lends the novel continuing tension. And Blunt can
write; his characters are fully realized, his humour wry and he
knows that stories are what we are... . Readers do not have to be
devotees of genre crime fiction toenjoy Blackfly Season. Well paced
and plotted, this is page-turning entertainment for all seasons
that will leave you scratching imaginary blackfly bites."
- "The Sun Times "(Owen Sound)
" Blunt, in one fell swoop, has become the blackfly' s biggest
promoter, plastering its name on his latest creation- a novel
guaranteed to keep the razzle in the dazzle of one of Canada' s
more inspired crime writers."
"- Ottawa Citizen
"" Blunt writes with an easy style that reflects his experience in
television. The narrative, complex but not over-burdened with a
myriad of subplots, flows nicely. He has a good eye for physical
detail, and he creates characters that have enough depth to
maintain a reader' s interest- particularly his complex
protagonist... . Cardinal fans, and those who haven' t experienced
him before, won' t be disappointed by the veteran detective' s
latest outing, which has enough twists and turns to keep them
guessing, and they will, no doubt, be eager to read his fourth
adventure."
"- ""The Halifax Chronicle-Herald
"" Crime buffs will revel in the painstaking detail of the ensuing
investigation- lovingly researched by Blunt, who admits he has
developed a fascination for such gory details."
"- The Windsor Star
"" It takes a pretty confident (others would say misguided) writer
to take on the usually trite amnesia gambit, but Blunt brings an
unexpected emotional depth and psychological resonance to the
matter, breathing new life into the cliche ."
- "National Post
"" Blunt has written fortelevision, and it shows in the tight prose
and a plot that skips along at a good pace."
- "NOW "(Toronto)
" Blunt deftly weaves various plotlines together and tells a
chilling story set in a beautiful but primitive environment."
- "The London Free Press
"" ... Giles Blunt writes a taut, gripping tale of suspense that is
loaded with gritty realism in a story that comes together like the
pieces of a puzzle. Dogged police work, as opposed to quantum leaps
of plot logic, turns Blackfly Season into a credible, dramatic
yarn... . Few can match Blunt' s wit, wry observations and
emotionally charged background sketches."
- "Edmonton Journal
"" All three plots are quietly engrossing and the characters,
especially Cardinal, feel authentic, as does the landscape of pine,
granite, cold lakes, bears, and bugs. Blunt, who grew up in North
Bay, knows whereof he writes."
- "Cottage Life
"" Blunt sets his highly acclaimed Cardinal and Delorme series in
Canada's remote Algonquin Bay, which is far from civilization, far
from prosperous, and filled with such daily-living challenges as
relentless winter storms followed by the spring arrival of
rapacious black flies .... . his characters are wonderfully
realistic; his pacing never flags; his knowledge of police
procedure is accurate without being show-offy; and he leaves the
reader not so much with a story as with a glimpse into a perfectly
realized world. First-rate."
-- Connie Fletcher, "Booklist "starred review
Praise for Giles Blunt:
" Giles Blunt dazzled us mystery lovers with Forty Words for
Sorrow.Now he has done it again with The Delicate Storm. Don' t
miss it."
-- Tony Hillerman
" Giles Blunt, whose previous novel, Forty Words for Sorrow, is one
of the best debuts I' ve ever read, has brought back the same
characters and the same setting, but has developed a more complex
case in The Delicate Storm. . . . It' s every bit as good."
-- "The Globe and Mail"
" [Giles Blunt] is one of the top crime writers around."
-- "National Post"
" The Delicate Storm follows [Forty Words for Sorrow] with the same
wry humour, understated storytelling and sensitive understanding of
how lives can be shattered by a single misstep. . . . Unput-
downable reading."
-- "Calgary Herald" "From the Hardcover edition."
"He's a true samurai of the north. We care about Cardinal, and we
miss him when he's not on the page: we'll follow him
anywhere....Blackfly Season is a superior thriller. Blunt's sense
of place is unsurpassed, and the scenes and events have an icy
clarity that is the hallmark of his style."
-"Quill & Quire
""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
""This simply isn't your typical whodunit. Instead, Blunt's
detective hero, John Cardinal, isn't a master of detection but a
real live human being with a troubled wife whose deteriorating
mental health lends the novel continuing tension. And Blunt can
write; his characters are fully realized, his humour wry and he
knows that stories are what we are.... Readers do not have to be
devotees of genre crime fiction to enjoy Blackfly Season. Well
paced and plotted, this is page-turning entertainment for all
seasons that will leave you scratching imaginary blackfly
bites."
-"The Sun Times "(Owen Sound)
"Blunt, in one fell swoop, has become the blackfly's biggest
promoter, plastering its name on his latest creation-a novel
guaranteed to keep the razzle in the dazzle of one of Canada's more
inspired crime writers."
"-Ottawa Citizen
""Blunt writes with an easy style that reflects his experience in
television. The narrative, complex but not over-burdened with a
myriad of subplots, flows nicely. He has a good eye for physical
detail, and he creates characters that have enough depth to
maintain a reader's interest-particularly his complex
protagonist.... Cardinal fans, and those who haven't experienced
him before, won't be disappointed by the veteran detective's latest
outing, which has enough twists and turns to keep them guessing,
and they will, no doubt, be eager to read his fourth
adventure."
"-""The Halifax Chronicle-Herald
""Crime buffs will revel in the painstaking detail of the ensuing
investigation-lovingly researched by Blunt, who admits he has
developed a fascination for such gory details."
"-The Windsor Star
""It takes a pretty confident (others would say misguided) writer
to take on the usually trite amnesia gambit, but Blunt brings an
unexpected emotional depth and psychological resonance to the
matter, breathing new life into the cliche."
-"National Post
""Blunt has written for television, and it shows in the tight prose
and a plot that skips along at a good pace."
-"NOW "(Toronto)
"Blunt deftly weaves various plotlines together and tells a
chilling story set in a beautiful but primitive environment."
-"The London Free Press
.."."Giles Blunt writes a taut, gripping tale of suspense that is
loaded with gritty realism in a story that comes together like the
pieces of a puzzle. Dogged police work, as opposed to quantum leaps
of plot logic, turns Blackfly Season into a credible, dramatic
yarn.... Few can match Blunt's wit, wry observations and
emotionally charged background sketches."
-"Edmonton Journal
""All three plots are quietly engrossing and the characters,
especially Cardinal, feel authentic, as does the landscape of pine,
granite, cold lakes, bears, and bugs. Blunt, who grew up in North
Bay, knows whereof he writes."
-"Cottage Life
""Blunt sets his highly acclaimed Cardinal andDelorme series in
Canada's remote Algonquin Bay, which is far from civilization, far
from prosperous, and filled with such daily-living challenges as
relentless winter storms followed by the spring arrival of
rapacious black flies ..... his characters are wonderfully
realistic; his pacing never flags; his knowledge of police
procedure is accurate without being show-offy; and he leaves the
reader not so much with a story as with a glimpse into a perfectly
realized world. First-rate."
--Connie Fletcher, "Booklist "starred review
Praise for Giles Blunt:
"Giles Blunt dazzled us mystery lovers with Forty Words for Sorrow.
Now he has done it again with The Delicate Storm. Don't miss
it."
--Tony Hillerman
"Giles Blunt, whose previous novel, Forty Words for Sorrow, is one
of the best debuts I've ever read, has brought back the same
characters and the same setting, but has developed a more complex
case in The Delicate Storm. . . . It's every bit as good."
--"The Globe and Mail"
"ÝGiles Blunt¨ is one of the top crime writers around."
--"National Post"
"The Delicate Storm follows ÝForty Words for Sorrow¨ with the same
wry humour, understated storytelling and sensitive understanding of
how lives can be shattered by a single misstep. . . . Unput-
downable reading."
--"Calgary Herald" "From the Hardcover edition."
Silver Dagger-winner Blunt spins a highly disturbing but truly memorable tale about a Canadian cult's murder spree. After homicide detective John Cardinal is called in to talk to a young woman who wandered into an Algonquin Bay bar sans ID, keys or memory, doctors examining her find a bullet in her brain. Figuring whoever tried to kill her may want to finish the job, Cardinal puts the woman, dubbed "Red" for her coppery hair, into seclusion. Backed by partner Lise Delorme, Cardinal begins assembling what pieces of information he's been able to gather, and the investigation quickly takes the team from the mundane (drugs, bikers) to the grisly (a string of dismemberment killings apparently committed by a Cuban cult known as Palo Mayombe). 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. Agent, Helen Heller. (June) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
"The rapacious insects...amount to a single, malevolent
character...a fit match for the novel's bloodthirsty murderer....
Blunt's scriptwriting experience shows in his crisp dialogue and
rapid-fire introduction 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"
"He's a true samurai of the north. We care about Cardinal, and we
miss him when he's not on the page: we'll follow him
anywhere....Blackfly Season is a superior thriller. Blunt's sense
of place is unsurpassed, and the scenes and events have an icy
clarity that is the hallmark of his style."
-"Quill & Quire
""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
""This simply isn't your typical whodunit. Instead, Blunt's
detective hero, John Cardinal, isn't a master of detection but a
real live human being with a troubled wife whose deteriorating
mental health lends the novel continuing tension. And Blunt can
write; his characters are fully realized, his humour wry and he
knows that stories are what we are.... Readers do not have to be
devotees of genre crime fiction to enjoy Blackfly Season. Well
paced and plotted, this is page-turning entertainment for all
seasons that will leave you scratching imaginary blackfly
bites."
-"The Sun Times "(Owen Sound)
"Blunt, in one fell swoop, has become the blackfly's biggest
promoter, plastering its name on his latest creation-a novel
guaranteed to keep the razzle in the dazzle of one of Canada's more
inspired crime writers."
"-Ottawa Citizen
""Blunt writes with an easy style that reflects his experience in
television. The narrative, complex but not over-burdened with a
myriad of subplots, flows nicely. He has a good eye for physical
detail, and he creates characters that have enough depth to
maintain a reader's interest-particularly his complex
protagonist.... Cardinal fans, and those who haven't experienced
him before, won't be disappointed by the veteran detective's latest
outing, which has enough twists and turns to keep them guessing,
and they will, no doubt, be eager to read his fourth
adventure."
"-""The Halifax Chronicle-Herald
""Crime buffs will revel in the painstaking detail of the ensuing
investigation-lovingly researched by Blunt, who admits he has
developed a fascination for such gory details."
"-The Windsor Star
""It takes a pretty confident (others would say misguided) writer
to take on the usually trite amnesia gambit, but Blunt brings an
unexpected emotional depth and psychological resonance to the
matter, breathing new life into the cliche."
-"National Post
""Blunt has written for television, and it shows in the tight prose
and a plot that skips along at a good pace."
-"NOW "(Toronto)
"Blunt deftly weaves various plotlines together and tells a
chilling story set in a beautiful but primitive environment."
-"The London Free Press
,,"."Giles Blunt writes a taut, gripping tale of suspense that is
loaded with gritty realism in a story that comestogether like the
pieces of a puzzle. Dogged police work, as opposed to quantum leaps
of plot logic, turns Blackfly Season into a credible, dramatic
yarn.... Few can match Blunt's wit, wry observations and
emotionally charged background sketches."
-"Edmonton Journal
""All three plots are quietly engrossing and the characters,
especially Cardinal, feel authentic, as does the landscape of pine,
granite, cold lakes, bears, and bugs. Blunt, who grew up in North
Bay, knows whereof he writes."
-"Cottage Life
""Blunt sets his highly acclaimed Cardinal and Delorme series in
Canada's remote Algonquin Bay, which is far from civilization, far
from prosperous, and filled with such daily-living challenges as
relentless winter storms followed by the spring arrival of
rapacious black flies ..... his characters are wonderfully
realistic; his pacing never flags; his knowledge of police
procedure is accurate without being show-offy; and he leaves the
reader not so much with a story as with a glimpse into a perfectly
realized world. First-rate."
--Connie Fletcher, "Booklist "starred review
Praise for Giles Blunt:
"Giles Blunt dazzled us mystery lovers with Forty Words for Sorrow.
Now he has done it again with The Delicate Storm. Don't miss
it."
--Tony Hillerman
"Giles Blunt, whose previous novel, Forty Words for Sorrow, is one
of the best debuts I've ever read, has brought back the same
characters and the same setting, but has developed a more complex
case in The Delicate Storm. . . . It's every bit as good."
--"The Globe and Mail"
"[Giles Blunt] is one of the top crime writers around."
--"National Post"
"The Delicate Storm follows [Forty Words for Sorrow]with the same
wry humour, understated storytelling and sensitive understanding of
how lives can be shattered by a single misstep. . . . Unput-
downable reading."
--"Calgary Herald"
"From the Hardcover edition."
"From the Hardcover edition."
"From the Hardcover edition."
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