by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jan 11, 2021 | New Release Mondays
Author Lorna Poplak loves digging into history, as evidenced by her fabulous debut, Drop Dead: A Horrible History of Hanging in Canada. As someone born and raised in Toronto, her latest, The Don, sounds fascinating to me! Title: The Don: The Story of Toronto’s...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jan 8, 2021 | Book Reviews
Crime Wave A Canada West Anthology My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a well balanced collection of short crime fiction, compiled by the Sisters in Crime Canada West chapter. Without spoilers, here’s a brief recap: In The Potluck Brigade, Alice Bienia entertains us...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jan 3, 2021 | Behind the Scenes, My Publishing Journey
Welcome to 2021! This year, my hope is to share more “Behind the Scenes” stories in a writer’s life. Not the part where I sit at my keyboard and create fictional worlds, but the nitty gritty business stuff that few ever talk about. For the first post...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Dec 28, 2020 | Book Reviews
Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is Mackintosh’s third book and in my opinion, her best. Told in three parts, the twists and turns are endless and you won’t see them coming (or at least, I didn’t). Read it in 2 days over...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Dec 19, 2020 | One Writer's Journey
I’m often asked about the inspiration behind my Glass Dolphin Mysteries, and now that the series has been wrapped up, it seemed like a good time to share some fun facts about it. So here goes: The Glass Dolphin is the name of an antiques shop where, according to...
