Giles Blunt Book order

Giles Blunt's debut poetry collection, Vanishing Act, showcases his mastery as a storyteller, akin to his acclaimed crime novels. The collection presents a compelling exploration of themes through vivid imagery and sharp language, inviting readers into a "wicked pack of cards" that reveals deeper truths. Critics have praised Blunt for elevating Canadian literature, promising a powerful and engaging reading experience that blends his narrative skill with poetic expression.

A master crime writer trains every weapon in his arsenal on a crime against humanity. In 1980s El Salvador, a young woman is detained in a government torture squad’s head-quarters, suspected of supporting guerilla forces. There, a bookish new recruit, Victor Peña, is assigned to assist in her interrogation. Before they learn so much as her name—Lorca—the squad relentlessly break her, body and soul. It is a terrifying journey into human cruelty and courage, one which years later—in the pinnacle of cosmopolitan America—still haunts the tormentor as dramatically as it does his victim.

When John Cardinal's wife plummets to her death after losing her battle with depression, everyone is sure it is a tragic suicide - there's even a note. Everyone, that is, except Detective John Cardinal. Stricken with grief and guilt, Cardinal launches his own investigation, helped by his reluctant colleagues. When mysterious notes appear, taunting him for his loss, his theory suddenly seems to be credible. Cardinal revisits his past, searching for a possible suspect among his previous arrests. Someone with a grudge, a person twisted enough to target his innocent wife in revenge. But when more mysterious suicides are discovered, the investigation takes a very different turn, leading to a startling new possibility. One so shocking, it has never been suspected.

A young woman stumbles into a rough Algonquin Bay tavern covered in black fly bites, with a bullet in her brain, and no memory. Homicide detectives John Cardinal and Lisa Delmore know someone left her for dead. And if word gets out she's alive, someone will try again.

Stylish, atmospheric psychological thriller following on from the Silver Dagger Award winner, Forty Words for Sorrow.

Dark, atmospheric and terrifying psychological serial killer thriller set in a freezing Ontario winter, guaranteed to chill readers to the bone: 'Forty Words for Sorrow is brilliant' Jonathan Kellerman