The Carpenter From Montreal was an unconventional kind of read, but the story coalesces in a way that individual drops of liquid Mercury quickly come together to create a larger whole. At times, you may be fooled into thinking that you are reading a work of non-fiction, particularly the recollections of the journalist Edwin Staffel. To the author’s credit, there is no profanity and physical sex is merely alluded to, tipping his hat to the noir masters of the past, who focused on a good story and fast action. I gave The Carpenter From Montreal 5 stars at Goodreads. More...
The Miramichi Reader, October 2018