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Howard Shrier


Howard Shrier was born and raised in Montreal, where he earned an Honours Degree in Journalism and Creative Writing at Concordia University. Since then he has worked in a wide variety of media, including print, magazine and radio journalism, theatre and television, sketch comedy and improv. He has also been a senior communications advisor to government agencies. He now lives in Toronto with his wife and their two sons.

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Miss Montreal
Written by Howard Shrier

Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-35958-2 (0-307-35958-1)

May 28, 2013 | $19.95

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Miss Montreal
Written by Howard Shrier

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307359582
Our Price: $19.95
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Howard Shrier's acclaimed Jonah Geller series continues with Miss Montreal, the Vintage World of Crime trade paperback original and sequel to Boston Cream.  

After what happened in Boston, P.I. Jonah Geller can't show his face in the U.S. again. Which is fine with him. He's got a new case in Montreal...

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Miss Montreal
Written by Howard Shrier

eBook | 304 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-35959-9 (0-307-35959-X)

May 28, 2013 | $12.99



Howard Shrier's acclaimed Jonah Geller series continues with Miss Montreal, the Vintage World of Crime trade paperback original and sequel to Boston Cream.  

After what happened in Boston, P.I. Jonah Geller can't show his face in the U.S. again. Which is fine with him. He's got a new case in Montreal...

Also available as a trade paperback.

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Jonah Geller Mysteries 3-Book Bundle
Written by Howard Shrier

eBook | 855 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-345-81315-2 (0-345-81315-4)

December 4, 2012 | $19.99

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Jonah Geller Mysteries 3-Book Bundle
Written by Howard Shrier

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780345813152
Our Price: $19.99


Toronto PI Jonah Geller is as secular as they come, an atheist who nonetheless feels deep ties to his Jewish community. Needing to make up for past mistakes, to help those whom the system fails or can’t protect, he opens an agency called World Repairs with his best friend, stunning six-foot...


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Boston Cream
Written by Howard Shrier

Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-35956-8 (0-307-35956-5)

January 31, 2012 | $19.95

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Boston Cream
Written by Howard Shrier

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307359568
Our Price: $19.95
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Canada's top private eye is back as Jonah Geller resumes his vagabond ways in Boston Cream, the Vintage World of Crime trade paperback original and sequel to the Arthur Ellis-winning novels Buffalo Jump and High Chicago.

David Fine is not the kind of guy to go missing. Or so his father tells...

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Boston Cream
Written by Howard Shrier

eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-35957-5 (0-307-35957-3)

January 31, 2012 | $13.99

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Boston Cream
Written by Howard Shrier

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307359575
Our Price: $13.99


Canada's top private eye is back as Jonah Geller resumes his vagabond ways in Boston Cream, the Vintage World of Crime trade paperback original and sequel to the Arthur Ellis-winning novels Buffalo Jump and High Chicago.

David Fine is not the kind of guy to go missing. Or so his father tells...

Also available as a trade paperback.

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Buffalo Jump
Written by Howard Shrier

eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-37556-8 (0-307-37556-0)

February 12, 2010 | $13.99

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Buffalo Jump
Written by Howard Shrier

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307375568
Our Price: $13.99


Toronto investigator Jonah Geller is at a low point in his life. A careless mistake on his last case left him with a bullet in his arm, a busted relationship and a spot in his boss's doghouse. Then he comes home to find notorious contract killer Dante Ryan in his apartment...

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High Chicago
Written by Howard Shrier

Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-35608-6 (0-307-35608-6)

July 14, 2009 | $19.95

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High Chicago
Written by Howard Shrier

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307356086
Our Price: $19.95
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After his successful debut, Buffalo Jump, Howard Shrier is back with High Chicago, the next in the Jonah Geller series.

Toronto investigator Jonah Geller has opened his own agency, World Repairs, and he and his partner, Jenn Raudsepp, are immediately drawn into investigating the apparent suicide of a young girl — and...

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High Chicago
Written by Howard Shrier

eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-37353-3 (0-307-37353-3)

July 14, 2009 | $13.99

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High Chicago
Written by Howard Shrier

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307373533
Our Price: $13.99


After his successful debut, Buffalo Jump, Howard Shrier is back with High Chicago, the next in the Jonah Geller series.

Toronto investigator Jonah Geller has opened his own agency, World Repairs, and he and his partner, Jenn Raudsepp, are immediately drawn into investigating the apparent suicide of a young girl — and...

Also available as a trade paperback.

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Buffalo Jump
Written by Howard Shrier

Trade Paperback | 368 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-35606-2 (0-307-35606-X)

June 3, 2008 | $19.95

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Buffalo Jump
Written by Howard Shrier

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307356062
Our Price: $19.95
   Quantity: 1 


Toronto investigator Jonah Geller is at a low point in his life. A careless mistake on his last case left him with a bullet in his arm, a busted relationship and a spot in his boss's doghouse. Then he comes home to find notorious contract killer Dante Ryan in his apartment...

Also available as an eBook.