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The Delicate Storm
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Manufacturer: Berkley
Author: Giles Blunt
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The Delicate Storm Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425196786
ISBN: 042519678X
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2004-06-01
Publisher: Berkley
Product Release Date: 2004-06-01
Studio: Berkley
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425196786
ISBN: 042519678X
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2004-06-01
Publisher: Berkley
Product Release Date: 2004-06-01
Studio: Berkley
Editorial Review of The Delicate Storm
A stunningly inventive crime thriller featuring homicide detectives John Cardinal and Lise Delorme from Forty Words for Sorrow.
Algonquin Bay, northern Ontario: A freak warm front has moved in, rousing hungry bears from hibernation--and spurring a smart and powerful killer to commit the perfect crime...over and over again.
Algonquin Bay, northern Ontario: A freak warm front has moved in, rousing hungry bears from hibernation--and spurring a smart and powerful killer to commit the perfect crime...over and over again.
Customer Reviews of The Delicate Storm
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Characters & Sense of Place
Review: I just finished A DELICATE STORM by Giles Blunt, and really enjoyed it. (Well, I thought the ending was a bit of a letdown, but overall I liked it.)
I think what makes this book stand out for me are the characters and the sense of place. John Cardinal and Lise Delorme are police detectives in Algonquin Bay, somewhere north of Toronto, and they're both well-crafted characters with interesting quirks and backgrounds. The setting in northern Ontario is quite vivid, and I love the way small actions reverberate throughout the book, with unexpected consequences.
I'll definitely be looking up Blunt's other books.
Neil Plakcy, author of Mahu Surfer: A Hawaiian Mystery (An Alyson Mystery)
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Delicate Storytelling.
Review: For someone from a climate as mild as Australia, the cold of a Canadian winter seems somewhat exotic. Salting the roads, ice storms, bears coming out of hibernation when there's a warm snap, are all vividly depicted. Giles Blunt imparts a strong feeling of being connected to the community by the clever use of minor characters: there is WUDKY, the world's dumbest criminal; the veteran police officer returning from vacation and remembering a detail from an old case which helps create a lead in a current one and Cardinal's tetchy and fiercely independent father are just a few. Cardinal and Delorme with their different ethnic backgrounds, attitudes and histories also give THE DELICATE STORM a strong and distinctive Canadian flavour.
Blunt has created a mystery with a number of intriguing threads and combined it with interesting characters who pull you into the story and hold you there.
Giles Blunt grew up in Ontario. THE DELICATE STORM is the second of four books in the John Cardinal series. [...]
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: giles blunt is a must read
Review: This book and others in the series by giles blunt are a real treat for any mystery/police reader. this author is very powerful and you will find yourself wanting more and more. det john cardinal is a very human cop and the locale in northern canada is a vital part of the story great novel
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: A long trudge down a cold trail, but not without rewards
Review: Giles Blunt's sophomore effort is set, once again, in the chilling Canadian town of Algonquin Bay. When a dismembered body is found in the woods, Cardinal starts work on what he suspects is a mob hit, only to discover it's connected with a case Delorme is working: the murder and apparent rape of a local female doctor. The trail leads them to Montreal, deep into the history of French separatist terrorism, and back to the Bay when they realize that a supposed pillar of the local community may not be quite what, or who, he seems...Blunt's second crime novel has been praised for its psychology, tension and excellent plotting - but, for me, those are precisely the elements that are lacking here. Unlike his previous effort which explored the minds of the killers as much as the cops, this one is heavy on procedure without much in the way of action or tension to enliven it. Lots of interviews, lots of talking, lots of backstory. The pieces fall into place quite nicely, but there's no urgency to it, no ticking clock driving the plot forward. Nothing's at stake. When the motive behind the murders is fully exposed, it's actually a pretty good yarn. But getting there is a slow slog. The ice storm of the title is used only tangentially, but at least Blunt resists the urge to deploy it in the climax: he's good at setting up anticipation of obvious, convenient resolutions and then avoiding them. There's an effective and occasionally moving subplot about Cardinal's father here, too, but it's insufficiently connected to the main plot, thematically, to be as useful as it might have been.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Disappointing and convoluted follow-up to Blunt's first outing
Review: While I still like the characters of John Cardinal and Lise Delorme, the history of Canada's radical movement in the seventies was quite boring. The book starts with a grizzly murder as body parts are found in the woods. At first, it seems a bear is the culprit. Then another body is found in the woods. As Cardinal and Dolorme try to establish the connection between the two killings, they learn about a cover-up by the nation's intelligence organization, the CSIS, the involvement of the CIA, and the kidnapping and killing of a prominent cabinet member. This isn't as strong as the first book, and the link between Quebec's radical past and the killing of the young, female doctor is tangential, at best.
Review Summary: Characters & Sense of Place
Review: I just finished A DELICATE STORM by Giles Blunt, and really enjoyed it. (Well, I thought the ending was a bit of a letdown, but overall I liked it.)
I think what makes this book stand out for me are the characters and the sense of place. John Cardinal and Lise Delorme are police detectives in Algonquin Bay, somewhere north of Toronto, and they're both well-crafted characters with interesting quirks and backgrounds. The setting in northern Ontario is quite vivid, and I love the way small actions reverberate throughout the book, with unexpected consequences.
I'll definitely be looking up Blunt's other books.
Neil Plakcy, author of Mahu Surfer: A Hawaiian Mystery (An Alyson Mystery)
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Delicate Storytelling.
Review: For someone from a climate as mild as Australia, the cold of a Canadian winter seems somewhat exotic. Salting the roads, ice storms, bears coming out of hibernation when there's a warm snap, are all vividly depicted. Giles Blunt imparts a strong feeling of being connected to the community by the clever use of minor characters: there is WUDKY, the world's dumbest criminal; the veteran police officer returning from vacation and remembering a detail from an old case which helps create a lead in a current one and Cardinal's tetchy and fiercely independent father are just a few. Cardinal and Delorme with their different ethnic backgrounds, attitudes and histories also give THE DELICATE STORM a strong and distinctive Canadian flavour.
Blunt has created a mystery with a number of intriguing threads and combined it with interesting characters who pull you into the story and hold you there.
Giles Blunt grew up in Ontario. THE DELICATE STORM is the second of four books in the John Cardinal series. [...]
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: giles blunt is a must read
Review: This book and others in the series by giles blunt are a real treat for any mystery/police reader. this author is very powerful and you will find yourself wanting more and more. det john cardinal is a very human cop and the locale in northern canada is a vital part of the story great novel
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: A long trudge down a cold trail, but not without rewards
Review: Giles Blunt's sophomore effort is set, once again, in the chilling Canadian town of Algonquin Bay. When a dismembered body is found in the woods, Cardinal starts work on what he suspects is a mob hit, only to discover it's connected with a case Delorme is working: the murder and apparent rape of a local female doctor. The trail leads them to Montreal, deep into the history of French separatist terrorism, and back to the Bay when they realize that a supposed pillar of the local community may not be quite what, or who, he seems...Blunt's second crime novel has been praised for its psychology, tension and excellent plotting - but, for me, those are precisely the elements that are lacking here. Unlike his previous effort which explored the minds of the killers as much as the cops, this one is heavy on procedure without much in the way of action or tension to enliven it. Lots of interviews, lots of talking, lots of backstory. The pieces fall into place quite nicely, but there's no urgency to it, no ticking clock driving the plot forward. Nothing's at stake. When the motive behind the murders is fully exposed, it's actually a pretty good yarn. But getting there is a slow slog. The ice storm of the title is used only tangentially, but at least Blunt resists the urge to deploy it in the climax: he's good at setting up anticipation of obvious, convenient resolutions and then avoiding them. There's an effective and occasionally moving subplot about Cardinal's father here, too, but it's insufficiently connected to the main plot, thematically, to be as useful as it might have been.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Disappointing and convoluted follow-up to Blunt's first outing
Review: While I still like the characters of John Cardinal and Lise Delorme, the history of Canada's radical movement in the seventies was quite boring. The book starts with a grizzly murder as body parts are found in the woods. At first, it seems a bear is the culprit. Then another body is found in the woods. As Cardinal and Dolorme try to establish the connection between the two killings, they learn about a cover-up by the nation's intelligence organization, the CSIS, the involvement of the CIA, and the kidnapping and killing of a prominent cabinet member. This isn't as strong as the first book, and the link between Quebec's radical past and the killing of the young, female doctor is tangential, at best.