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A twisted, darkly comic murder mystery in the musty world of rare book dealing (and forgery) The seventh in the Crang mystery series, which Dundurn is in the process of reissuing The previous Crang novel, Keeper of the Flame , received favourable reviews from Publishers Weekly , the Toronto Star , and Booklist (“Legal-thriller fans who haven’t discovered the Crang series are in for a treat”) The second Crang novel, Straight No Chaser , made the shortlist for the 1990 Arthur Ellis Best Crime Novel Award Author has written for the Globe and Mail and writes the Toronto Star ’s Whodunit column

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The smart-talking, wise-cracking, jazz-loving criminal lawyer has got a taste for straight vodka and a nose for trouble. No one could ever accuse Crang of being a superhero, but with his usual mixture of innate cool and naive enthusiasm he brings the villains to justice. <br/> <br/>
<b>This 6-book bundle includes:</b> <br/> <i>Crang Plays the Ace</i> Crang Mystery #1 <br/> <i>Straight No Chaser</i> Crang Mystery #2 <br/> <i>Riviera Blues</i> Crang Mystery #3 <br/> <i>Blood Count</i> Crang Mystery #4 <br/> <i>Take Five</i> Crang Mystery #5 <br/> <i>Keeper of the Flame</i> Crang Mystery #6 <br/> <br/>
“Like a fine wine, the [Crang] series – and its protagonist – have aged well.” <i>The Toronto Star</i>

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At a time when gay communities were hidden worlds, Crang needs to root out a killer and do his best to right a grave wrong. At the height of the AIDS crisis in the early nineties, a close friend of Crang’s, Alex Corcoran, loses his partner, Ian, to the disease. After Ian’s death, Crang is enlisted by Alex to find the man who infected Ian. Crang searches for the man to prevent Alex from getting himself in trouble. However, when Alex is murdered, Crang owes it to his friends to find their killers. The case, which explores the gay scene in Toronto at a time when LGBT culture was still very much a hidden world and open persecution was commonplace, ends up involving a cabinet minister afraid of being exposed. A clever political mystery, Blood Count is also an emotional and moving story of a couple whose lives are devastated by AIDS and a community damaged by the prejudices of the world around them.

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“Like a fine wine, the [Crang] series – and its protagonist – have aged well.” – <i>The Toronto Star</i><br> <br> “Not to be missed.” – <i>The Globe and Mail</i><br> <br> Jack Batten's hard-boiled Crang series returns with this four-book bundle, including the latest Crang mystery, 2016's <i>Keeper of the Flame</i>!<br> <br> <b>Includes:</b><div><i>Crang Plays the Ace</i></div> <div><i>Straight No Chaser</i></div> <div><i>Take Five</i></div> <div><i>Keeper of the Flame</i></div>

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A reissue of the third Crang mystery; Dundurn is in the process of reissuing the earlier books while continuing the series The second Crang novel, Straight No Chaser , made the short list for the Arthur Ellis Best Crime Novel Award Author has written on jazz for the Globe and Mail , writes the Toronto Star ’s Whodunit column, and reviewed movies for CBC radio The fifth Crang novel, Take Five , received favourable reviews from the Globe and Mail , the Toronto Star , and fellow mystery writers

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When his popular hip-hop artist client is blackmailed, Crang stumbles on a porn operation and an unexpected case of murder. Crang is a smart-talking criminal lawyer who doesn’t mind chasing down unorthodox cases. That makes him just the guy to represent a famous hip-hop performer who’s on the wrong end of a blackmail scheme. It doesn’t strike Crang as a confounding case, but in no time, he finds himself confronting an organized gang that deals in porn, stock swindles, and murder. Things get so messy that Crang decides he’ll have to bend the law to make things right. It’s a dilemma that would cause other lawyers to back away, but not Crang, the nervy attorney with the fast mouth.

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