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Crow River Mercy
The second cozy mystery novel in the Crow River Mysteries series by author C. Stewart
Crow River Mercy
By C. Stewart
Crow River Justice
By C. Stewart
C. Stewart
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I worked briefly in criminal law and then opened a litigation firm specializing in a different area. My thirty-three-year career as a lawyer reflects the reality of my own struggle to achieve fairness, working within the confines of justice and mercy while standing against the abuse of power. I had fun recovering from some sloppy trial strategies, but I was fast at the draw with my objections and sought real value in mediation. My writing experience was restricted to boring legal articles and arguments that no one reads unless you pay them well.
Thank goodness I retired. I finally got to write for fun, following the adage: write what you know.
Now, I write mysteries that draw from the personalities of my two Siberian cats, Buddy and Floosy. You will meet my feral friends, the crusty Karl, the singing Socks, and the beautiful Queen Charlotte. The foxes (one with mange), the deer sisters, the bear (Walter), and the porcupine – all of the animal characters, participate in some form or another to solve crimes, sometimes committed by animals and sometimes by humans.
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Amazon.ca Rating, 4.9 Stars
Online Book Club, 5 Stars:
“Crow River Justice” by Colleen Stewart offers a multidimensional exploration of both human lives and the animal world. The author blends the two in ways that feel natural and enlightening. This book shares insights on animals, diving deeply into their daily lives and covering everything from their feeding habits and social bonds to the complexities of predation while telling a captivating story. The concepts of survival, the idea of “justified predation,” and even the gray areas around what we might call cruelty were very well explored.
A standout aspect for me is how the author brings human life into focus from a fresh angle and reminds us of the surprising ways our worlds overlap with the animals’. This invites us to rethink our influence within the natural world and what it means to truly coexist. The story is fascinating and well-paced. There was nothing about the book that I didn’t like.
I’d recommend this book to anyone intrigued by how animal behavior and psychology are portrayed in relation to human life. Readers who love topics that could prompt ethical questions would also appreciate this book. I’d gladly rate this book 5 stars out of 5 stars. Although I found a few grammatical errors, I don’t believe they’re significant enough to deduct from the book’s rating.
Kirkus Reviews:
The author constructs a remarkably complex animal world with its own moral code and laws, which William must navigate. It’s not entirely unlike the human one, except for the fact that the “animal world is always at war,” and so allowances must be made for the naturalness of predation. Such a fantastical tale can easily go off the rails into the absurdly contrived or the cloyingly saccharine—the protagonist is a kitten, after all—but Stewart manages to avoid both of these pitfalls. The result is a very funny and inventive novel that manages to achieve something rare: a glimmer of authentic originality. A deeply intelligent and humorous examination of an anthropomorphized animal kingdom.”