Jack Batten, after a brief and unhappy career as a lawyer, has been a very happy writer for many years. The author of forty books, Batten has also reviewed jazz for the
Globe and Mail and, for twenty-five years, movies on CBC Radio. He currently writes the bi-weekly "Whodunit" column in the
Toronto Star. He lives in Toronto.
Jack Batten, after a brief and unhappy career as a lawyer, has been a very happy writer for many years. The author of forty books, Batten has also reviewed jazz for the Globe and Mail, and, for twenty-five years, movies on CBC Radio. He currently writes the biweekly Whodunnit column in the Toronto Star. He lives in Toronto.
Legal-thriller fans who haven’t discovered the Crang series are in for a treat. (Booklist)
Vodka-sipping, jazz-loving Crang is a clever fellow who adds welcome humor to this sixth noir-light case. (Kirkus Reviews)
Batten’s sardonic humor adds fun to this fast-paced whodunit that will keep readers guessing until the final showdown. (Publishers Weekly)
Our smart-mouthed lawyer moves through Toronto with style and grace, with amusing stumbles and detours along the way. (Toronto Star)
Flame’s blackmail case has lots of entertaining, smart twists as it gnarls its way to resolution. It’s Batten’s career-long confidence and ease with words and their pleasures, though, that make Keeper of the Flame such a trustworthy read, from first page to last. (The London Free Press)
Keeper of the Flame alternates between dark comedy and fast-paced drama, and is an entertaining tale that will send readers in search of previous books in the series. (Deadly Diversions)
Crang is a crime-solving lawyer with a large ego, mouth, and a propensity for unorthodox cases. (The Sun Times)
This is a fun read. (Literary Treats)