by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethspanncraig.com
Right now I’m thrilled to function one thing particular from Mike Martin, a long-time supporter of this weblog and writer of the beloved Sgt. Windflower Thriller collection. Mike has co-edited (with Bernadette Cox) A Capital Thriller, the primary Ottawa thriller anthology sponsored by Crime Writers of Canada. This assortment brings collectively 21 native writers who’ve created tales set within the darker corners of Canada’s stunning capital metropolis. I’m delighted to share Mike’s introduction to this thrilling anthology.
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Thriller Tales from the Coronary heart of Canada
by Mike Martin
If you happen to ever go to Ottawa, the capital metropolis of Canada you’re more likely to come away with nice ideas concerning the Parliament Buildings or the scenic Rideau Canal. Few can be eager about homicide and mayhem and insanity. However that’s precisely what 21 native writers have on their thoughts within the first Ottawa thriller anthology, A Capital Thriller. Sponsored by Crime Writers of Canada it takes readers on a tour of the darker aspect of this stunning metropolis.
Contained in the pages of A Capital Thriller, you may go to Orleans, or the Market or Little Italy or Strathcona Park. You possibly can stroll alongside the Rideau River or go west to Barrhaven or south to Greely. Have supper at a cute little diner close to Parliament Hill or perhaps sneak again in time for a drink on the Chaud in Hull on the opposite aspect of the river. Take a tour of the Karsh exhibit on the Chateau Laurier and see the Winston Churchill portrait which is again on show after being overtly stolen in broad daylight. Discover the sights and sounds of the town that the authors of this anthology like to name residence.
Reviewer James Terry (The Studying Room) calls the guide “a love letter to Ottawa and its surrounding landscapes.” He provides, “It’s the sort of assortment that makes you pause mid-sentence and assume, Wait… I do know that nook. I’ve walked that avenue. That second of recognition, that thrill of seeing your individual metropolis mirrored in literature, is on the coronary heart of this anthology’s magic.”
A Capital Thriller has obtained reward from many thriller writers together with Louise Penny, Rick Mofina and Melodie Campbell who stated:
“A Capital Thriller is As Canadian as…a Winter in Ottawa! From intelligent whodunits to fringe of seat thrillers, this anthology covers all of the bases. Ottawa takes the stage entrance and centre in twenty-one crime tales by seasoned writers and contemporary new voices. A historic thriller locations us deftly into nineteenth century Bytown. Blackmailers and burglars terrorize our present day capital, and even the climate has a component to play. I might really feel the nippiness of Ottawa’s icy winter within the opening story by certainly one of Canada’s grasp writers. From ‘Captain Canada,’ to ‘the nuclear choice,’ there may be actually one thing for everybody in an anthology as Canadian as…a winter in Ottawa!”
Be part of us on a homicide thriller tour of Ottawa. We hope you take pleasure in your keep.
A Capital Thriller is revealed by Ottawa Press and Publishing and obtainable everywhere in the world on Amazon.
Mike Martin is the Co-editor of A Capital Thriller, together with Bernadette Cox. He’s additionally the writer of the best-selling Sgt. Windflower Thriller collection.
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