Category Archives: Book Reviews

First UK Review of TBO (as Midnight in Havana)!

Posted on May 29, 2013 by

Wow, this is a great review in the UK’s BookBag of Midnight in Havana. The renamed novel (you’ll know it in Canada and the US as The Beggar’s Opera) will be released in July by Polygon, the publisher of Alexander … Continue reading →

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“Go! Buy! Read!” Review of the Beggar’s Opera!

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

Wow, this is the first time anyone has posted a review in the comments section of my blog! Jim Harris of BooksforLess writes: “Longtime lawyer, first time mystery author, Peggy Blair introduces Havana police Inspector Ricardo Ramirez in THE BEGGAR’S … Continue reading →

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“Poignant, carefully crafted and hopeful…” The Beggar’s Opera

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

A new review of TBO in Fresh Fiction! __________________________ Inspector Ricardo Ramirez, head of the Havana Major Crimes Unit, is called out on Christmas day to investigate the death of eight-year-old Arturo Montenegro who was viciously raped and tossed into … Continue reading →

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Jim Napier’s review of The Poisoned Pawn

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

Jim Napier is a highly respected reviewer for The Sherbrooke Record and Deadly Diversions, so I was really pleased to see his five star rating of The Poisoned Pawn, posted on Amazon.com. (Note: TPP is not yet available in the … Continue reading →

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Nice review of The Beggar’s Opera in the Cleveland, Ohio Plain Dealer!

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

“Short, punchy chapters … absorbing.” Nice review from the Cleveland Ohio Plain Dealer! The Beggar’s Opera Peggy Blair Pintail, 344 pp., $16  In her debut novel — the first of a new mystery series — Canadian attorney Blair introduces readers … Continue reading →

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“Accurate and imaginative …amazing plots!” Review of The Poisoned Pawn in The Record

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

Very nice review in The Kitchener Record! __________________________ The Poisoned Pawn, by Peggy Blair (Penguin Canada, 318 pages, $22 softcover, $14.99 Kindle/Kobo). — Those who enjoy detective thrillers will want to add author Peggy Blair and her Inspector Ramirez to … Continue reading →

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“Evil needs no Passport”: Fantastic review of Poisoned Pawn in Hamilton Spectator …

Posted on May 4, 2013 by

Wonderful review by Don Graves in the Hamilton Spectator: “Peggy Blair writes like an author possessed, with story-telling skills that make her a must-read writer beyond the mystery genre. The Poisoned Pawn, a follow-up to her debut hit, The Beggar’s … Continue reading →

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Oh Canada …Cultural Colonialism and Canadian crime authors …

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

Recently, J. Kingston Pierce wrote a widely shared column in Kirkus Reviews about how Canadian mystery authors are usually forced to set their books in the US if they want to sell. This is a subject close to my heart … Continue reading →

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