Recent News
“One of Canada’s most gifted thriller writers”
Feb 02, 2012
NOW magazine has this to say about Boston Cream: “Howard Shrier has quickly cemented his reputation as one of Canada’s most gifted thriller writers. His debut, Buffalo Jump, introducing PI Jonah Geller, took the Crime Writers of Canada’s Arthur Ellis Award for best first novel, and his follow-up, High Chicago, walked away with the best novel award in 2010. He’s back with Boston Cream ($19.95, Vintage), in which Geller looks for a missing doctor and runs up against an organ transplant conspiracy – excellent timing, with shady transplant rackets in the headlines. Shrier launches Boston Cream at Dora Keogh, Tuesday (February 7).
That’s 141 Danforth if you’re in the neighbourhood.
Boston Cream now on sale
Jan 31, 2012
Boston Cream, the third novel in my award-winning Jonah Geller series, is now on sale.
You can find it in bookstores—and if you can’t, please ask for it—or download it to your e-reader through amazon, kobo or iTunes.
The first reviews have been raves, and I hope you’ll check it out and give it one too.
Linwood Barclay to host book launch
Jan 18, 2012
The launch of Boston Cream February 7 will feature a conversation with me and one of the planet’s bestselling crime writers, Linwood Barclay, so now you have no excuse to miss it even if it snows. There will be copies to get signed, a reading and the Dora Keogh’s great food and beverages. 141 Danforth 7-9 pm. Guaranteed warm inside.
Another starred review for Boston Cream
Jan 16, 2012
Boston Cream just got another starred review, this from the Library Journal:
http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2012/01/books/genre-fiction/mystery/mystery-reviews-2/#_
The Verdict: “There is a reason Shrier (High Chicago) consistently wins the Arthur Ellis, Canada’s highest crime fiction award: he tells a really good story. Relish the local color, cultural nuances, and successive waves of action.”
Join my online Mystery Workshop
Nov 29, 2011
I’ll be teaching an online mystery workshop this spring, courtesy of the University of Toronto and the New York Times Knowledge Network. I’m still in the process of designing it but it is going to be fun, furious and productive. Here is the link:
http://www.nytimesknownow.com/index.php/howard-shrier/