"Blunt writes with uncommon grace, style, and compassion, and he plots like a demon."—Jonathan Kellerman
Only someone dumb or high would go out unprotected during Algonquin Bay’s black fly season. But when a beautiful young woman stumbles into a tavern covered in bites, the local cops discover she is neither. The woman has a bullet in her brain—and no memory of how it happened or who she is. Homicide detectives John Cardinal and Lisa Delorme know someone left her for dead. And if word gets out that she isn’t, someone will try again…
“Stunning characterizations.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Based on a true crime, the pulsing, tightly plotted narrative again shows why Blunt should be considered among the new practitioners of crime drama’s elite.”
—Publishers Weekly
“What makes Black Fly Season such a good read is the careful, measured way in which the mystery unfolds…[A] gripping tale.”—The Providence Journal
“Blunt handles the story’s complex connections with an ease and smoothness others with a larger backlist struggle to attain…Blunt is already in the top ranks of Canadian crime writers, but he should get further due across the border as well.”—The Baltimore Sun
“Sometimes it’s not speed but depth that counts with a long-haul series like the one that Giles Blunt has been developing in the remote Canadian reaches of Algonquin Bay.”—The New York Times Book Review
“A highly disturbing but truly memorable tale…The action will glue readers to the page.”—Publishers Weekly
“Blunt does a great job of evoking not only the horror induced by his villain but the ambiance of his locale as well as the not-so-mundane lives of his compelling characters. John Cardinal and Algonquin Bay are worthy of repeat visits.”—Rocky Mountain News
“A tightly plotted mystery.”—The Kansas City Star
