Giles Blunt
Giles Blunt is a Canadian crime writer whose John Cardinal detective series, set in the northern Ontario city of Algonquin Bay, is one of the most atmospheric and psychologically sophisticated police procedurals in contemporary crime fiction. His debut Forty Words for Sorrow won multiple awards and established him as a major new voice.
Works
- Forty Words for SorrowOntario detective investigates the death of a young Indigenous boy in isolated wilderness
- The Delicate StormKiller hunts a woman in northern Ontario forcing detective Cardinal to confront limits
- Blackfly SeasonCardinal investigates blackfly season murders in Ontario's harsh seasonal landscape
- By the Time You Read ThisCardinal pieces together cryptic clues about a suicide that may be murder
- Crime MachineDetective Cardinal uncovers corruption and murder reaching into the police department itself