RaveThe Toronto Star\"The book is a powerful piece of writing which never attempts to conceal that it was finished posthumously, with editorial references to chapters taken from transcripts, or reconstructed from notes or early drafts, constant reminders that this was a work in progress. Curiously, these reminders make for a stronger work, lending the book a strange sense of vitality ... To her credit, McNamara doesn’t focus exclusively on the unknown perpetrator. The book is an empathic look at those whose lives are affected by those crimes, including victims, family members and investigators ... I’ll Be Gone in the Dark stands as a testament to that work, a masterpiece of reportage and inquiry.\
Victor LaValle
RaveThe Toronto StarAt once sprawling and intimate ... LaValle has created an enthralling, genuinely surprising novel that is simultaneously contemporary (you’ll never looked at internet trolls the same way again) and timeless, woven of the truths we try to deny, even when facing them head-on.
Anne Tyler
PositiveThe Toronto StarVinegar Girl is a gentle diversion, an amiable novel about a young woman’s growing awareness of the truths about her family, her life, and the nature of the men around her. There is no taming here, but a gradual awakening on both parts. Pyotr is a far cry from Petruchio in any interpretation, and the growth of his relationship with Kate is deftly handled and charmingly awkward. The novel’s connection to The Taming of the Shrew may be limited, but Vinegar Girl is a perfect novel for a summer afternoon and a testimony to the malleability of Shakespeare’s text and ideas.
