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"Poignant, carefully crafted and hopeful..." The Beggar's Opera

Peggy Blair wrote 14 hours ago: A new review of TBO in Fresh Fiction! __________________________ Inspector Ricardo Ramirez, head of … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Book Review, Fresh Fiction

The Beggar's Opera hits The Bestseller's List in Tucson, Arizona! 2 comments

Peggy Blair wrote 5 days ago: Great news - The Beggar’s Opera  has hit # 7 on the bestseller’s list in Tucson, Arizona … more →

Tags: arizona, Bestseller, Tucson

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

Peggy Blair wrote 1 week ago: “Short, punchy chapters … absorbing.” Nice review from the Cleveland Ohio Plain De … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Book Review, Cleveland, Ohio, Plain Dealer

Booklist's Top 2013 Crime Novels (and there are Canadians on the list!)

Peggy Blair wrote 2 weeks ago: Wow, this is just incredible news, and completely unexpected. Booklist has put out its list of the b … more →

Tags: Book Awards, 2013, Booklist, best Crime Novels

Beggar's Opera to be published in the UK as Midnight in Havana!

Peggy Blair wrote 3 weeks ago: Nice to see this blog post from Birlinn/Polygon, confirming that TBO will be published in the UK on … more →

Tags: foreign rights, Inspector Ramirez, Polygon, Midnight in Havana, Birlinn, Scandinavian noir

Wonderful review of The Beggar's Opera in The Maine Suspect

Peggy Blair wrote 1 month ago: Very nice to get this great review  of TBO from someone I respect so highly! Katrina Niidas Holm is … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Book Review, Chris Holm, Katrina Niidas Holm, The Maine Suspect

Nice Review in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix!

Peggy Blair wrote 1 month ago: Banner week!  First, The Beggar’s Opera was shortlisted for an Arthur Ellis Award for Best Fir … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Arthur Ellis Award, best first novel, Book Review, Kate Eileen Shannon, Saskatoon Star Phoenix

Mystery Tribune: "A great debut ... highly recommended." The Beggar's Opera

Peggy Blair wrote 1 month ago: Really nice to see those American reviews rolling in for The Beggar’s Opera–I’m so … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Mystery Tribune; book review

Another nice American review of The Beggar's Opera! (Richmond Times Dispatch)

Peggy Blair wrote 1 month ago: As some of you have probably noticed, I have been posting a lot of reviews lately, and sometimes the … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Book Review, Mystery roundup, richmond times-dispatch

Book Review: The Beggar's Opera (Fresh Fiction, Texas)

Peggy Blair wrote 1 month ago: Great review of TBO in Texas by Jennifer Barnhart of Fresh Fiction!  Here are the highlights: you ca … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Book Review, Fresh Fiction, Jennifer Barnhart, Texas

The Beggar's Opera hits a US Bestseller's List!

Peggy Blair wrote 1 month ago: Traverse City Record-Eagle March 24, 2013 Bestsellers: 03/24/2013 Traverse City Record-Eagle — … more →

Tags: book sales, bestseller list

Wonderful news! A Starred Review of The Beggar's Opera in Booklist!

Peggy Blair wrote 2 months ago: I’m told that Booklist is like Quill and Quire in the US  — a very prestigious publicati … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Book Review, Starred Review, Booklist

Very cool! A letter to the Ottawa Citizen about my books!

Peggy Blair wrote 2 months ago: What a surprise this was to see in today’s paper — a letter to the editor about the Insp … more →

Tags: media, The Poisoned Pawn, Ottawa Citizen, Letter to the Editor, John Kruithof

Being in two markets ...

Peggy Blair wrote 2 months ago: The Beggar’s Opera hit the US market at the same time that The Poisoned Pawn hit the Canadian … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Peggy Blair, Mystery, shelf awareness, Thriller

GREAT Review in The Ottawa Citizen for The Poisoned Pawn!2 comments

Peggy Blair wrote 2 months ago: I had so much fun talking to Peter Robb, the arts editor for the Ottawa Citizen in  and I’m ju … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Debut Dagger, Ian Rankin, Penguin Canada, Peggy Blair, The Ottawa Citizen, The Poisoned Pawn, peter robb

The Beggar's Opera Hits the New York Post!

Peggy Blair wrote 2 months ago: Very cool to see this review in the New York Post under “Required Reading”! The Beggar’s … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Book Review, New York Post

"Peggy Blair Weaves Page-Turning Thrillers"

Peggy Blair wrote 2 months ago: Peggy Blair weaves page-turning thrillers The Chronicle-Journal - Sunday, February 17, 2013 By Julio … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Book Review, The Poisoned Pawn, Chronicle Journal

Halifax Public Library chooses The Beggar's Opera as Staff Pick! 1 comment

Peggy Blair wrote 3 months ago: And this today, from the Halifax Public Library — very nice! Staff Pick – The Beggar … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Libraries, Staff Pick, Halifax Public Library

Amazon.com reviews of The Beggar's Opera!

Peggy Blair wrote 3 months ago: I keep forgetting that The Beggar’s Opera will be out in the US very soon. ARCs (advanced read … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Book, amazon com


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