April Fool (Arthur Beauchamp)

Review Winner of the 2006 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel “ April Fool thrusts itself brashly into the readerвЂTMs psyche like a lumber-jacketed logger at a black-tie affair. Ruggedly individualistic, demanding and determined, its characters are shrewdly etched and realistically rendered.” — Globe and Mail “Deverell brings back one of his classic characters, wily B.C. QueenвЂTMs Counsel Arthur Beauchamp, in this droll, witty novel about crime in the Gulf Islands.” — Toronto Sun “The dialogue crackles, the style is sharp and compelling, and itвЂTMs a treat to spend another book with Beauchamp.” — Vancouver Sun “Deverell burrows into BeauchampвЂTMs soul, and we see almost everything unfold through his addled but fascinating perspective.” — *Vancouver Province “Deverell writes breathless prose, commas flying here and there with exuberant abandon, as he dissects the nuttiness of his various locations. . . . April Fool spills over with idiosyncratic characters.” — Edmonton Journal “Hugely entertaining.” — Calgary Herald “Deverell is one of CanadaвЂTMs best and funniest mystery writers.” — Ottawa Citizen* “Readers gladly follow all of DeverellвЂTMs distinctly drawn characters through tiny outposts on CanadaвЂTMs West Coast to the courtrooms of Victoria and Vancouver and the fine hotels of Europe. He is a master storyteller with a wonderful sense of humour. The story flows effortlessly, and readers are twigs on the river, along for one hell of a ride.” — Quill & Quire “[Deverell] is a hugely amusing and self-assured writer, and when you have his gifts it is hard to go wrong.” — National Post