Qui dit automne au Québec dit sirop d'érable, bien sûr. Mais encore? Ah oui, pour vous sucrer les neurones d'adrénaline, il y a un nouveau thriller de Martin Michaud. Cette fois, une troisième sortie hors de l'univers de l'inspecteur Victor Lessard avec Quand j'étais Théodore Seaborn. Malheureusement, je ne l'ai pas encore lu mais voici le résumé officiel :  Théodore Seaborn, un jeune ..read more

UPDATE: we have a winner and it is Wendy Hirschegger, of Brantford (Ontario). Congrats Wendy, and thank you to everyone who participated. Stay tuned for more giveaways all through summer. *************************** Want to read the new novels by Linwood Barclay and Giles Blunt before they are published? You only need to send me your name and address at housecrimyst@gmail.com to become ..read more

  Michael Robotham's new novel, LIFE OR DEATH, is published in the US March 10th. It is already available around the world. Probably Robotham's most accomplished book yet, very close to perfection: the plot is brilliant, the characters won't leave you alone for a long time after you've finished reading the story, and the writing is so good my copy is full of post-it notes. If he were living ..read more

  Thank you for your patience, ladies and gentlemen. Before I give you the results, here are some statistics regarding your participation. Two years ago, I had received 632 ballots and last year i received an impressive 1,117. We're down a little this time, partly due to the fact that I started the voting on December 22nd, two full weeks later than in December 2013, but also because I ..read more

A little later than in the past two years, but THE HOUSE OF CRIME & MYSTERY'S READERS'S CHOICE AWARDS are back for a 3rd edition.(You can still check out the winners of 2013 and 2012). I've written down a list, to help start you out, in each category, but you're under no obligation to pick one of these titles --just add your own favourites (there's a blank space at the bottom of each ..read more

  Il a plusieurs éléments d'un polar mais n'en est peut-être pas un --on pourrait en débattre longtemps-- mais peu importe : j’ai beaucoup aimé le roman "Wildwood" de Jo Seymour, que j'ai dévoré d'un trait (le roman pas Jo!). L'écriture coule doucement et nous emporte dans le temps, à une époque pas si lointaine (1968) pendant laquelle plusieurs jeunes ont perdu leur innocence, leur ..read more

It's middle of summer (at least up here in the northern hemisphere) and I think that 2014 is already a great year for crime fiction. Here are my favourite books so far; please refrain from telling me that I'm an idiot for not including this or that title; I haven't read everything that's been published so of course I've left out many good titles. Which is why I include, at the end, a list of ..read more

 TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE...WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S TWO FOR THE PRICE OF NONE. THEY ARE TWO OF THE BEST THRILLER WRITERS YOU CAN FIND; ONE IS CANADIAN (initials LB), THEY OTHER IS AUSTRALIAN (initials MR). SEND ME YOUR NAME BEFORE TUESDAY, AUGUST 5TH, AT NOON (MONTREAL TIME) FOR A CHANCE TO WIN BOTH OF THESE BOOKS. THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE WINNER. UPDATE: the winner is Jeffrey Mackie, from ..read more

This is the fourth book in the ‘Ellie Hatcher’ series, and the best one yet. I’m also tempted to say that it is Alafair Burke’s best novel (it’s her tenth) but it is definitely my favourite of hers. In the big picture, it is a story about the choices we make and the impact they can have on our future, sometimes only weeks later but often many years hence when we barely remember those ..read more

After jumping from a quarry ledge, a young teenage boy of 13, Jace Wilson, finds a dead man in the water. A few moments later, the boy witnesses the killing of another man who is also thrown in the water. The only person who can identify the two killers, Jace needs to be protected during the investigation. So Jace Wilson becomes Connor Reynolds under a non-traditional witness protection ..read more