Valerie Green

A Fanciful Journey of Discovery

Val’s Book Reviews The Italian Secret by Tara Moss Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2025$25.99 / 9781443461290 The Italian Secret is a lighthearted, rollicking novel set in three time periods–1907, 1943, 1948–and travels from the Indian Ocean to Italy and Australia. The author’s protagonist, Billie Walker, is a wartime investigative journalist who by 1948 has taken over […]

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Justice in the Name of Love

Val’s Book Reviews The Rebel’s Wife by Gerald Richardson Brown Vancouver: Granville Island Publishing, 2025 $24.95 / 9781989467794 Based on a true story, Gerald Richardson Brown’s book The Rebel’s Wife is set in the young colony of Upper Canada during the Rebellions of 1837-38. This was a turbulent period in Canadian history. The protagonist, Maria

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Expert witness, suspect, sleuth

Val’s Book Reviews Hired Gun: Uncovering Buried Secrets by Bill Koch Altona: Friesen Press, 2025$30.49 / 97810368329448 Bill Koch’s book Hired Gun has a gripping plot with an interesting story that holds your attention until the very last page. As an experienced psychologist himself, Koch is easily able to draw his readers into the life of his protagonist, psychologist David

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The Strange Thing That Happened One September

The Strange Thing That Happened One September While investigating the things that have happened throughout time in September, I discovered an alarming thing!  In 1752, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the American colonies all officially implemented the Gregorian Calendar which had first been developed by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. It would replace and correct

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‘It is better to speak’ (and then act)

Val’s Book Reviews Make No Mistake by Julie Wise Penticton: Wise Publications, 2025 $20.99 / 9781069525505 This debut novel by Penticton author Julie Wise is a fast-paced and exciting feminist thriller about a heroine, Maggie Carpenter, who fights for justice for women everywhere. Maggie has spent a lifetime working for women’s rights, during which time

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