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Reviews and Articles on The Vanishing Track
Review in The Hamilton Spectator, April 29, 2012
The portrayal is clear; the action sharp and brutal. The plot relentlessly pushes it forward. Each element plays for and against the other and is tied together by protagonist, Cole Blackwater. – Don Graves, The National Post
Review in The National Post, April 7, 2012
The Vanishing Track made me want to track down the first two Cole Blackwater books and, even better, has me curious about what’s next for him and his friends. – Sarah Weinman, The National Post
Review in The Rocky Mountain Outlook, April 5, 2012
“With The Vanishing Track, [Legault] deserves to find himself on some bestseller and awards lists.” – Carol Picard, Rocky Mountain Outlook
Listen to an interview with Stephen on CBC’s Daybreak Alberta (March 31, 2012) about the Vanishing Track. Opens in a new window, and scroll down to Stephen’s mug.
“The Third and best book in the Cole Blackwater series.” – Margarette Cannon, The Globe and Mail.
Reviews and Articles on The End of the Line:
Don Graves of the Hamilton Spectator picked The End of the Line as one of his top 10 mysteries for 2011.
Mysterious Reviews (December 17, 2011)
Interview at Poe’s Deadly Daughters (December 17, 2011)
The Calgary Herald (November 20, 2011)
Listen to an interview with Stephen on CBC’s All Points West (November 17, 2011)
Rocky Mountain Outlook (October 20, 2011)
“The End of the Line is a whopping good tale…a riveting and winning mystery. The End Of The Line scores on all points: historical framework, dialogue that reveals feeling and supports action, vivid description that is essential to the plot, a mystery with means, motive and opportunity and a deductive force at work long before the days of high-end forensics. This first-rate series will continue in 2012 with another tale rich in Canadian fabric, the Louis Riel mystic. If you’re a fan of the history-mystery, this is a series not to be missed.”
– Don Graves, The Hamilton Spectator
Review of the End of the Line, Hamilton Spectator, September 24, 2011 (September 24, 2011)
“Legault knows his history, and that’s what makes this novel shine.”
– Margaret Canon, The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail (September 15, 2011)
Quill and Quire (September 2011 Edition)
Rocky Mountain Outlook (Author Profile, July 28, 2011)
Reviews and Articles on The Darkening Archipelago:
“Legault tells a story that is fast-paced and rich, revealing just enough to keep our eye following the ball under the cup.”
– Monday Magazine
The Tyee (includes an excerpt from the book, July 28, 2010)
Monday Magazine City Guide (short but sweet inclusion in the premier guide to arts in Victoria on pg. 14)
Victoria Times Colonist Review, May 9, 2010 (opens as a PDF in a new window)
Monday Magazine (Victoria Weekly News Magazine), May 6, 2010
Global Network, Lethbridge (Reprint of Times Colonist April 22, 2010)
The Times Colonist (April 22, 2010)
The Westerly; serving Tofino, Ucluelet and Long Beach (April 22, 2010)
The Edmonton Journal (reprint of Calgary Herald, April 18th, 2010)
The Rocky Mountain Outlook (April 14th, 2010)
The Calgary Herald (April 12, 2010)
CBC Radio One interview with host Jo Ann Roberts, March 9, 2010. (opens as an MP3 in a new window)
Reviews and Articles on The Cardinal Divide:
The Victoria Times Colonist (December 8, 2009)
Green Books Campaign Review (November 10, 2009)
McNally Robinson’s Editorial (January 27, 2009)
CBC All Points West (no link)
The Calgary Herald (November 9, 2009)
The Rocky Mountain Outlook (no link)