Ragged Lake

A straightforward murder mystery set in Northern Ontario Lucy Whiteduck, like so many other unfortunate Canadian aboriginal children, led a troubled and difficult childhood. And that all too short life, which, at the suggestion of a psychiatrist, she had taken the time to document in a lengthy journa......more

I was checking out the 2018 Edgar Awards winners and nominees and came across this title. What really caught my attention is the name of the protagonist, Detective Frank Yakabuski , since Yakabuski is my surname. It is not a common name, especially with this anglicized spelling, except in the Madawa......more

There is plenty of violence in Corbett's debut, the first in the Frank Yakabuski series, but it is the gorgeous writing that makes the biggest impression. Whether it is describing a howling storm, depicting the way the fire following a meth lab explosion turns the snow to rain, or sharing the quiet......more

2 stars = it was OK by GoodRead's rating system. What I really liked about this book was the setting. The author got the weather, the country, the people, the culture all down perfectly. In fact, I felt downright depressed by the closure of the mill, the loss of jobs by the people there and the death......more

The focus and strength of this book is largely the setting. Corbett shows us the mostly abandoned, snow-covered, unforgiving land. He does such a great job of placing us in this setting that I found myself chilled, despite sitting here in Florida where the temperature was hovering near 90. Pacing is......more