At a tuberculosis sanitarium in the Adirondacks, a young tutor falls in love with a mysterious woman who survived the Lusitania disaster.“Bad Juliet will hold you in its grip from its opening pages, combining the pacing and twists of a thriller with the compelling characterizations and masterful prose of a writer at the top of his form.” — Nino Ricci, award-winning author of The Origin of SpeciesRecently j...

Tooling across the American southwest in their giant Winnebago, Max and his nephew, Owen, seem harmless enough, the actorly old fellow spouting Shakespeare like a faucet while his young charge trots him through select tourist destinations along the road. But appearances, as you might imagine, can be deceiving.Old Max is actually a master thief, and young Owen's summer vacation is his careful apprenticeship in a life of crime. Pulling heists is scary enough, but ominous signs point ...

A powerful collection of verse exploring life's complex journey.Giles Blunt, acclaimed crime novelist, delivers a potent collection of verse in Vanishing Act. This debut collection opens a "wicked pack of cards," revealing characters navigating coming of age, heartbreak, and loss.Blunt's poems delve into the fear of death and philosophical musings, offering a personal apocalypse. Fans of introspective and emotionally charged literature will appreci...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST CRIME FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA FOR GENERAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR**SHORTLISTED FOR THE DANGER AWARD - BEST DEBUT CRIME FICTIONOnce you’re online, there’s nowhere to hideIs it paranoia – or is someone watching?For years, Reagan Carsen has kept her life offline. No socials. No internet presence. No photos. Safe.Until the day she stumbles on a shoc...

Now a major television series, CARDINAL, and the first book in the John Cardinal series.When four teenagers go missing in the small northern town of Algonquin Bay, the extensive police investigation comes up empty. Everyone is ready to give up except Detective John Cardinal, an all-too-human loner whose persistence only serves to get him removed from homicide. Haunted by a criminal secret in his own past and hounded by a special investigation into corrupti...

When we first meet Detective John Cardinal in Forty Words for Sorrow he is haunted by a criminal secret in his own past and hounded by a special investigation into corruption on the force. Cardinal is on the brink of losing his career and his family, and his refusal to give up on four missing teenagers only alienates him further from the Homicide Unit. And when the mutilated body of a 13-year-old is discovered in a mineshaft, he is the only one willing to consider the horrible tru...

What does love become when it leaves? What remains when loneliness settles in and refuses to go?In Scentless Roses, Rence Blunt writes about the quiet emotions many people carry but rarely speak about: the longing to be loved, the pain of being left behind, the memories that linger after a relationship ends, and the loneliness that can follow even in a crowded world.These poems move through moments of hope, heartbreak, desire, betrayal, and reflection. They tell st...

Master crime novelist Giles Blunt is back with a standalone novel of penetrating psychological suspense. Turning the screw tighter on every page, he delivers an intricately plotted story of jealousy and obsession that rivals the best of Patricia Highsmith and Gillian Flynn.Nothing could be more serene than the life of Brother William, a young Benedictine monk who had turned his back on the world ten years earlier to retreat to a monastery in upstate New York. But t...

Book 3 in the John Cardinal seriesIt’s spring in Algonquin Bay, and the blackflies are driving people a little mad. Detectives John Cardinal and Lise Delorme have a strange case on their hands: a young woman has wandered bug-bitten out of the Algonquin Bay bush with a gunshot wound to the head. Cardinal becomes obsessed with finding out who the woman is and who is trying to kill her. When the body of a local biker, Wombat Guthrie, is found in a cave, it seems the t...

A male escort takes on an inexperienced client and breaks the first rule of rent boys: don't get attached.After updating his Rent Boy blog profile, well-endowed porn star Ty receives a text from a sexually inexperienced client. Andy, the client, asks Ty to provide him with the necessary know-how so should he ever get a date with the guy he's attracted to, he'll be fully prepared.Little does Ty know that this hookup will lead to a friendship that will subsequently change his...

Book 5 in the John Cardinal seriesA year after the death of his beloved and troubled wife, Catherine, John Cardinal has moved into a new, but very humid, condo. He has fallen into an easy routine of work on cold case files and platonic movie nights with friend and colleague Lise Delorme. The quiet of a snow-covered Algonquin Bay is shattered when the decapitated bodies of two people are found in a summer home on Trout Lake. The victims, visitors from Russia, are in...

New house, new job. A new start with his brother….Two out of three isn't bad, right?Rhys returns to his hometown and must face the brother he's been avoiding for two years. In his heart, Rhys still hopes to recapture the bond they once shared.Jake willingly offers him the hand of friendship, but Rhys is reluctant to confront their past, fearing it will only rip them apart again.When Rhys sees ghostly figures in the grounds of a local historic house, it leads...