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"One of the most finely crafted, beautifully written, and emotionally engaging series in all of crime fiction."
— Linwood Barclay

Forty Words for Sorrow is the "The best Canadian crime thriller ever written."
—National Post

"Blunt writes with the flashing grace of an ice skater skimming over a frozen pond."
New York Times Book Review

By the Time You Read This is "the . . . most beautifully written, deeply felt page-turner of the year."
Kirkus

“I wish I had written Forty Words for Sorrow.”
—Tony Hillerman

Breaking Lorca is "a tour de force . . . an unforgettable window into the human capacity for cruelty and courage."
The Globe and Mail

Forty Words for Sorrow is “Brilliant. One of the finest crime novels I’ve ever read.”
—Jonathan Kellerman

News & Events


GB North Bay Star of Fame
GB's star on the North Bay Walk of Fame

Until the Night—the new John Cardinal novel and number six in the series—is nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award of Best Novel by the Crime Writers of Canada.

CTV is developing a TV series based on the John Cardinal novels, with GB himself doing much of the adaptation.

May 30 - June 2, 2013. NorthWords Writers Festival in Yellowknife, NWT.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 7 PM. Coyote's Run Estate Winery, St. David's, Niagara-on-the-Lake. Talk/reading.

August 8 - 11, 2013. Winterset in Summer Literary Festival, Eastport, Nfld.