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Sebastian Synard Mysteries #2
Two for the Tablelands
Sebastian Synard is back. It's the off-season, and the Newfoundland tour guide introduced in One for the Rock has crossed the island with his spirited teenage son for a weekend exploring the wonders of Gros Morne National Park. But on a hike across the spectacular rockscape of The Tablelands, they discover the half-buried body of a murder victim. Life as a tour guide had its twists and turns, but now Sebastian--with his offhand, Scotch-enriched nature--is crossing a more dangerous landscape, on a path that will leave him face-to-face with a killer.
224 pages, Paperback
Published October 30, 2020
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Kevin Major
30books36followersKevin Major is the author of 20 books, for both young people and adults. The first, Hold Fast, won several awards in Canada and was placed on the Hans Christian Andersen Honour List. It was released in 2014 as a feature film. His second book, Far From Shore, was the winner of the first Canadian Young Adult Book Award. Others which followed include Blood Red Ochre and Eating Between the Lines, winner of the CACL Book-of-the-Year Award.
In 1992 Kevin was given the Vicky Metcalf Award, for an outstanding body of work of significance to young people. The languages into which his work has been translated include French, Danish, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Hebrew.
An adult novel, No Man’s Land, about the Newfoundland Regiment in World War I, was published in 1995 to much acclaim. Kevin’s adaption of the story was brought to the stage by Rising Tide Theatre and has played for more than a dozen years.
His more recent books include the Christmas classic The House of Wooden Santas, and a history of Newfoundland and Labrador: As Near To Heaven By Sea (a Canadian best-seller and finalist for the Pearson Non-Fiction Prize). Ann and Seamus, a verse novel released in 2003 was shortlisted for a total of ten awards. It has since been turned into an opera. The adult novel New Under the Sun was published in 2010, book one of a trilogy of historical fiction. The second, Found Far and Wide, was released in 2016, and the third, Land Beyond the Sea, in 2019.
In 2018 Kevin started a projected serious of crime novels with One for the Rock. He anticipates the second will arrive in bookstores in the fall of 2020.
Kevin has been named Memorial University’s Alumnus-of-the-Year, and the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council’s Artist-of-the-Year .
John Moss, writing in “A Reader’s Guide to the Canadian Novel,� has said, “Kevin Major is among the best Canadian writers of his generation. He has established himself as a figure of singular importance in our literature.�
He lives in St. John’s, NL with his wife Anne. They have two grown sons.
In 1992 Kevin was given the Vicky Metcalf Award, for an outstanding body of work of significance to young people. The languages into which his work has been translated include French, Danish, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Hebrew.
An adult novel, No Man’s Land, about the Newfoundland Regiment in World War I, was published in 1995 to much acclaim. Kevin’s adaption of the story was brought to the stage by Rising Tide Theatre and has played for more than a dozen years.
His more recent books include the Christmas classic The House of Wooden Santas, and a history of Newfoundland and Labrador: As Near To Heaven By Sea (a Canadian best-seller and finalist for the Pearson Non-Fiction Prize). Ann and Seamus, a verse novel released in 2003 was shortlisted for a total of ten awards. It has since been turned into an opera. The adult novel New Under the Sun was published in 2010, book one of a trilogy of historical fiction. The second, Found Far and Wide, was released in 2016, and the third, Land Beyond the Sea, in 2019.
In 2018 Kevin started a projected serious of crime novels with One for the Rock. He anticipates the second will arrive in bookstores in the fall of 2020.
Kevin has been named Memorial University’s Alumnus-of-the-Year, and the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council’s Artist-of-the-Year .
John Moss, writing in “A Reader’s Guide to the Canadian Novel,� has said, “Kevin Major is among the best Canadian writers of his generation. He has established himself as a figure of singular importance in our literature.�
He lives in St. John’s, NL with his wife Anne. They have two grown sons.
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April 19, 2022
Sensing a pattern for this series, Sebastian will for sure sleep with a woman who clearly not on the good side, and will end up in the hospital at the end of the book! Predictability aside, I enjoy the father/son/dog/relationship and it really makes me want to go to Newfoundland sooner rather than later.
May 16, 2021
I enjoy Kevin Major’s writing , and even more so now as a mystery writer. The familiarity of place adds to the overall pleasure of reading this detective story. Can’t wait to read another in this series .
April 23, 2021
Shame on me. I’ve traveled halfway around the globe to the Sandwich Islands, but I have not taken even a Staycation at Gros Morne National Park right here on the Rock. I haven’t scaled the Tablelands. Considering the snaps, crackles, and frequent pops in my knees and hips when I stand to face the dawn, I never shall.
I’m not sure I want to, if there’s a chance of happening upon a corpse partly buried underneath boulders, as if it were an ill-constructed geocache.
In Two for the Tablelands [Breakwater Books], that unpleasantness happens to Sebastian Synard and his son Nicholas during their tramp on the Tableland’s trail. They discover a man’s body beneath a pile of rocks, and � get this � his manhood has been mutilated, intentionally crushed like a squat squid.
Simón Torres, a student from Mexico, is the murder victim. (Of course, he’s a murder victim. You don’t suppose a rockfall crashed by happenstance on Simón and pulverized his male appendage.) At the time of his death Simón was studying Earth Sciences at Memorial University.
Incidentally, Sebastian is a private investigator, a tour guide, and a blogger. He has a taste for Scotch whiskies whose names this septuagenarian scribbler’s stiff old tongue is too clumsy to pronounce. Like Lagavulin, for frig sake.
The police investigation into Simón’s murder locates an aunt in Mexico � Gabriela Ximena Estefania Ojeda, Aunt Gabi.
B’ys, talk about a femme fatale.
Gabriela comes to St. John’s. Her stated intention is to fetch her nephew’s remains back home to San Miguel.
A by-the-way aside: Canadian figure skater Toller Cranston retired to San Miguel to paint. I didn’t know that.
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Sebastian gets in tack with Gabriela. She hires him, purportedly, to investigate Simón’s murder. Quicker than Granny caught the weasel, he ends up in San Miguel viewing a Toller Cranston hanging on Gabriela’s living room wall.
And guess what? Shenanigans and skullduggery are afoot. Soon (Think again of Granny’s weasel-catching swiftness), Sebastian is aboard an Air Canada jet heading back to Newfoundland�
…where, almost immediately, a villainous person grabs him by the neck and commences to choke him.
There are, however, plenty of entertaining story details between the discovery of Simón’s body in Gros Morne and Sebastian’s encounter with a hands-on strangler at the Johnson Geo Centre in St. John’s.
For instance, there’s the domestic side of Sebastian Synard, Laphroaig-sipping, tour guiding sleuth.
Sebastian shares custody of Nicholas with his ex-wife, Samantha. Imagine the friction that post-wedlock arrangement generates.
Making matters worse, the cop investigating Simón’s murder is Samantha’s nowadays honey.
Brummer, eh b’ys?
I have confessed to never having been to Gros Morne. I’ll tell you another place I’ve not intention of visiting.
Northeast of Newfoundland, much closer to my house than the Sandwich Island, is the island country of Iceland. In Iceland there is an unusual museum � the Icelandic Phallological Museum.
Truly, there is. I asked Mr. Google.
This museum has on display (think of the part of poor Simón crushed like a squat squid) genital specimens from over two hundred masculine mammals.
B’ys, I’m not going there.
Thank you for reading.
� Harold Walters lives in Dunville, Newfoundland, doing his damnedest to live Happily Ever After. Reach him at [email protected]
I’m not sure I want to, if there’s a chance of happening upon a corpse partly buried underneath boulders, as if it were an ill-constructed geocache.
In Two for the Tablelands [Breakwater Books], that unpleasantness happens to Sebastian Synard and his son Nicholas during their tramp on the Tableland’s trail. They discover a man’s body beneath a pile of rocks, and � get this � his manhood has been mutilated, intentionally crushed like a squat squid.
Simón Torres, a student from Mexico, is the murder victim. (Of course, he’s a murder victim. You don’t suppose a rockfall crashed by happenstance on Simón and pulverized his male appendage.) At the time of his death Simón was studying Earth Sciences at Memorial University.
Incidentally, Sebastian is a private investigator, a tour guide, and a blogger. He has a taste for Scotch whiskies whose names this septuagenarian scribbler’s stiff old tongue is too clumsy to pronounce. Like Lagavulin, for frig sake.
The police investigation into Simón’s murder locates an aunt in Mexico � Gabriela Ximena Estefania Ojeda, Aunt Gabi.
B’ys, talk about a femme fatale.
Gabriela comes to St. John’s. Her stated intention is to fetch her nephew’s remains back home to San Miguel.
A by-the-way aside: Canadian figure skater Toller Cranston retired to San Miguel to paint. I didn’t know that.
Բɲ�
Sebastian gets in tack with Gabriela. She hires him, purportedly, to investigate Simón’s murder. Quicker than Granny caught the weasel, he ends up in San Miguel viewing a Toller Cranston hanging on Gabriela’s living room wall.
And guess what? Shenanigans and skullduggery are afoot. Soon (Think again of Granny’s weasel-catching swiftness), Sebastian is aboard an Air Canada jet heading back to Newfoundland�
…where, almost immediately, a villainous person grabs him by the neck and commences to choke him.
There are, however, plenty of entertaining story details between the discovery of Simón’s body in Gros Morne and Sebastian’s encounter with a hands-on strangler at the Johnson Geo Centre in St. John’s.
For instance, there’s the domestic side of Sebastian Synard, Laphroaig-sipping, tour guiding sleuth.
Sebastian shares custody of Nicholas with his ex-wife, Samantha. Imagine the friction that post-wedlock arrangement generates.
Making matters worse, the cop investigating Simón’s murder is Samantha’s nowadays honey.
Brummer, eh b’ys?
I have confessed to never having been to Gros Morne. I’ll tell you another place I’ve not intention of visiting.
Northeast of Newfoundland, much closer to my house than the Sandwich Island, is the island country of Iceland. In Iceland there is an unusual museum � the Icelandic Phallological Museum.
Truly, there is. I asked Mr. Google.
This museum has on display (think of the part of poor Simón crushed like a squat squid) genital specimens from over two hundred masculine mammals.
B’ys, I’m not going there.
Thank you for reading.
� Harold Walters lives in Dunville, Newfoundland, doing his damnedest to live Happily Ever After. Reach him at [email protected]
November 27, 2024
3.5 star
I was looking for a quick read that would keep me focused and, since I lived in NL for 20 years and loved it, I thought this would be fun. And it did the trick - grabbed attention from the start and kept pretty much on target of the mystery while also developing the main characters more from the first book. There was a lot that was improbable - the whole trip to Mexico for example - but it kept my attention and was quick and fun, especially with descriptions of the places I've been in NL.
I was looking for a quick read that would keep me focused and, since I lived in NL for 20 years and loved it, I thought this would be fun. And it did the trick - grabbed attention from the start and kept pretty much on target of the mystery while also developing the main characters more from the first book. There was a lot that was improbable - the whole trip to Mexico for example - but it kept my attention and was quick and fun, especially with descriptions of the places I've been in NL.
March 14, 2024
Auch diesen zweiten Kriminalroman von würde ich eher als Roman denn als Krimi bezeichnen. Obwohl es nicht an kriminellen Momenten mangelt und darin ermittelt wird, passt er nicht ganz in das traditionelle Krimigenre. Definitiv bringt er den Lesern sein Neufundland nahe mit vielen Beschreibungen und Anmerkungen über die Landschaft, die Historie und die Menschen, die dort leben.
In den Tablelands von Neufundland gibt es viele Sehenswürdigkeiten: wunderschöne Natur, beeindruckende Felsformationen und � eine Leiche. Sebastian Synard, der nach seinem ersten ungewollten Mordfall eine offizielle Lizenz als Privatdetektiv erhalten hat, stolpert wortwörtlich zusammen mit seinem Sohn bei einer Wanderung über seinen nächsten Fall.
Es wird schnell klar, dass der tote Student ein Mordopfer ist. Allerdings ist Sebastian nicht der Einzige, der an der Aufklärung des Verbrechens interessiert ist: Die Tante des Opfers kommt mit einer vielversprechenden Spur aus Mexiko angereist. Sie ist überzeugt, dass der Stiefvater der Täter sein muss. Sebastian wird so motiviert, den Fall aufzuklären, dass er sofort einen Flug nach Mexiko bucht.
Die Erzählweise von Kevin Major in diesem Roman verhindert, dass es zu einem Krimi wird. Sie ist unterhaltsam und nie eintönig. Die Ermittlungen spielen eher eine Nebenrolle. Dafür rücken sein Sohn und die Region in den Vordergrund.
Kevin Major lässt seinen Erzähler in einem lockeren Plauderton sprechen. Sebastian berichtet von seinem eigenen Leben, seinem Verhältnis zum neuen Freund seiner Ex-Partnerin, seiner Beziehung zu seinem Sohn und den geologischen Besonderheiten der neufundländischen Region. Letzteres hat natürlich mit dem Mordopfer zu tun, der hier Geologie studierte.
Obwohl Sebastian seinen Sohn als Kumpel anspricht, fühlt man sich als Leser auch wie Sebastians Kumpel. Die Eigenschaft des Protagonisten scheint darin zu bestehen, Kumpel zu sein, aber aus der Abneigung gegen den neuen Partner seiner Ex kann, der Detective ist, ist noch keine feste Freundschaft geworden, aber immerhin eine gute Akzeptanz.
Der Mordfall des Geologiestudenten im Wald wird mit großer Kraftanstrengung gelöst, denn obwohl der Protagonist nun eine Ausbildung zum zertifizierten Privatdetektiv hinter sich hat, will man ihm oftmals nicht die Rechte eines Polizisten zugestehen. Außerdem gerät er mehrmals in höchste Gefahr, wenn er den Verbrechern ziemlich nahe kommt. Sogar Sebastian ist als Helfer der Polizei nicht vor weiteren Mordversuchen sicher.
Die Leser dieses Romans »Two for the Tablelands« werden auf sympathische Figuren treffen, sogar die Verbrecher sind so getarnt. Man sollte auf Überraschungen vorbereitet sein, denn was zu Beginn leicht erscheint, entpuppt sich am Ende als völlig anders. Mir hat dieser neufundländische Roman sehr gefallen und ich konnte eine kleine Rückkehr zu einer Region erleben, die ich vor fast einem halben Jahrhundert besucht hatte.
© Detlef Knut, Düsseldorf 2024
In den Tablelands von Neufundland gibt es viele Sehenswürdigkeiten: wunderschöne Natur, beeindruckende Felsformationen und � eine Leiche. Sebastian Synard, der nach seinem ersten ungewollten Mordfall eine offizielle Lizenz als Privatdetektiv erhalten hat, stolpert wortwörtlich zusammen mit seinem Sohn bei einer Wanderung über seinen nächsten Fall.
Es wird schnell klar, dass der tote Student ein Mordopfer ist. Allerdings ist Sebastian nicht der Einzige, der an der Aufklärung des Verbrechens interessiert ist: Die Tante des Opfers kommt mit einer vielversprechenden Spur aus Mexiko angereist. Sie ist überzeugt, dass der Stiefvater der Täter sein muss. Sebastian wird so motiviert, den Fall aufzuklären, dass er sofort einen Flug nach Mexiko bucht.
Die Erzählweise von Kevin Major in diesem Roman verhindert, dass es zu einem Krimi wird. Sie ist unterhaltsam und nie eintönig. Die Ermittlungen spielen eher eine Nebenrolle. Dafür rücken sein Sohn und die Region in den Vordergrund.
Kevin Major lässt seinen Erzähler in einem lockeren Plauderton sprechen. Sebastian berichtet von seinem eigenen Leben, seinem Verhältnis zum neuen Freund seiner Ex-Partnerin, seiner Beziehung zu seinem Sohn und den geologischen Besonderheiten der neufundländischen Region. Letzteres hat natürlich mit dem Mordopfer zu tun, der hier Geologie studierte.
Obwohl Sebastian seinen Sohn als Kumpel anspricht, fühlt man sich als Leser auch wie Sebastians Kumpel. Die Eigenschaft des Protagonisten scheint darin zu bestehen, Kumpel zu sein, aber aus der Abneigung gegen den neuen Partner seiner Ex kann, der Detective ist, ist noch keine feste Freundschaft geworden, aber immerhin eine gute Akzeptanz.
Der Mordfall des Geologiestudenten im Wald wird mit großer Kraftanstrengung gelöst, denn obwohl der Protagonist nun eine Ausbildung zum zertifizierten Privatdetektiv hinter sich hat, will man ihm oftmals nicht die Rechte eines Polizisten zugestehen. Außerdem gerät er mehrmals in höchste Gefahr, wenn er den Verbrechern ziemlich nahe kommt. Sogar Sebastian ist als Helfer der Polizei nicht vor weiteren Mordversuchen sicher.
Die Leser dieses Romans »Two for the Tablelands« werden auf sympathische Figuren treffen, sogar die Verbrecher sind so getarnt. Man sollte auf Überraschungen vorbereitet sein, denn was zu Beginn leicht erscheint, entpuppt sich am Ende als völlig anders. Mir hat dieser neufundländische Roman sehr gefallen und ich konnte eine kleine Rückkehr zu einer Region erleben, die ich vor fast einem halben Jahrhundert besucht hatte.
© Detlef Knut, Düsseldorf 2024
March 14, 2021
This is my review as it appeared in The Northeast Avalon Times January 2021 issue
After establishing himself as one of the country’s leading writers of young adult fiction, and creating a memorable historical fiction trilogy, Kevin Major has turned lately to the modern detective story. Two for the Tablelands is the second in what we can only hope will be a series, the first being 2018’s One for the Rock.
Sebastian Synard is a St. John’s tour guide (formerly MUN lecturer), divorced, father of a teenage son, owner of a delightful dog, and blogger of Scotch.
He’s also a little on the lecherous side, unable to encounter a female person without appraising her potential as a sexual partner. This is not a nice trait, but Major doesn’t reward Synard’s overestimation of his own appeals; it leads him into both embarrassment, when a much younger woman brings him up sharply, and actual life-threatening trouble, later in the book under circumstances you’ll have to read for yourself.
Two for the Tablelands starts out as a bonding session with a bad ending; Nick (Sebastian’s son) finds a hastily-concealed body while the two are hiking in Gros Morne. The story takes Sebastian (and the reader) on a wild romp that ranges from downtown St. John’s to Mexico.
The story, as the best detective stories do, puts our hero in dire peril more than once. Combine it with the similarly engaging One for the Rock, and we see a developing mystery series with all the required elements: flawed but likeable hero, believable supporting characters, rapidly unfolding plot with twists that take you by surprise but are never completely implausible, really evil villains, and couple of characters who might be good � but might be trouble.
I’m enjoying getting to know Sebastian Synard’s world. The police officers, the ex-wife, the clients, and all the other residents of the city, all ring true to life. There’s no clue how many volumes Major has planned, but I do plan to read them all.
After establishing himself as one of the country’s leading writers of young adult fiction, and creating a memorable historical fiction trilogy, Kevin Major has turned lately to the modern detective story. Two for the Tablelands is the second in what we can only hope will be a series, the first being 2018’s One for the Rock.
Sebastian Synard is a St. John’s tour guide (formerly MUN lecturer), divorced, father of a teenage son, owner of a delightful dog, and blogger of Scotch.
He’s also a little on the lecherous side, unable to encounter a female person without appraising her potential as a sexual partner. This is not a nice trait, but Major doesn’t reward Synard’s overestimation of his own appeals; it leads him into both embarrassment, when a much younger woman brings him up sharply, and actual life-threatening trouble, later in the book under circumstances you’ll have to read for yourself.
Two for the Tablelands starts out as a bonding session with a bad ending; Nick (Sebastian’s son) finds a hastily-concealed body while the two are hiking in Gros Morne. The story takes Sebastian (and the reader) on a wild romp that ranges from downtown St. John’s to Mexico.
The story, as the best detective stories do, puts our hero in dire peril more than once. Combine it with the similarly engaging One for the Rock, and we see a developing mystery series with all the required elements: flawed but likeable hero, believable supporting characters, rapidly unfolding plot with twists that take you by surprise but are never completely implausible, really evil villains, and couple of characters who might be good � but might be trouble.
I’m enjoying getting to know Sebastian Synard’s world. The police officers, the ex-wife, the clients, and all the other residents of the city, all ring true to life. There’s no clue how many volumes Major has planned, but I do plan to read them all.
March 23, 2025
First time reading this author. He’s Canadian from Newfoundland. I always like finding a new Canadian author. Sebastian is a Private Investigator having just completed his studies. This is his first investigation. He has a 13 year old son, Nick. They have gone on a weekend trip to Gros Morne National Park. On their 3rd and last day, Nick stumbles upon a dead body stuffed into a rock crevice and only partly covered up by rocks. It is a shocking discovery.
Sebastian and Nick’s Mom are divorced and he lives close by such that Nick can drop by most days to see his Dad and to take care of their dog Gaffer. Nick’s Mom now lives with Olsen, a police officer. Olsen and Sebastian have a somewhat tense relationship as often happens when there is a new man in your kids house. They try to be civil to each other.
Sebastian decides that he is going to investigate into the murder of Simon. Simon is from Mexico and is a geology student at the university.
Sebastian also works as a tour guide and therefore is knowledgeable about the history of Newfoundland and its rocky formation including the Tablelands at Gros Morne Park.
I’m not sure if I will read another of Kevin Major’s books.
Sebastian and Nick’s Mom are divorced and he lives close by such that Nick can drop by most days to see his Dad and to take care of their dog Gaffer. Nick’s Mom now lives with Olsen, a police officer. Olsen and Sebastian have a somewhat tense relationship as often happens when there is a new man in your kids house. They try to be civil to each other.
Sebastian decides that he is going to investigate into the murder of Simon. Simon is from Mexico and is a geology student at the university.
Sebastian also works as a tour guide and therefore is knowledgeable about the history of Newfoundland and its rocky formation including the Tablelands at Gros Morne Park.
I’m not sure if I will read another of Kevin Major’s books.
May 24, 2021
I began this book while we were camping in Trout River for the May long weekend only down the road from the murder scene! In true Newfoundland style there were hurricane winds and torrential rainfall which gave me plenty of time to read the book!
All the places mentioned are very familiar and have been vacation choices for years from St. Anthony to St. John’s and all points inbetween! Of course this made the story more appealing.
I found Sebastian a “wee� bit annoying at first but I came to appreciate his humour along the way. The southern trip he takes (no spoilers) was somewhat far fetched 🙄 but overall a good read. I’ll definitely read others in the series.
As we are still enduring the pandemic, this book can be an inspiration to all “stay at home� vacationers and eventually I hope to all travellers from away.
All the places mentioned are very familiar and have been vacation choices for years from St. Anthony to St. John’s and all points inbetween! Of course this made the story more appealing.
I found Sebastian a “wee� bit annoying at first but I came to appreciate his humour along the way. The southern trip he takes (no spoilers) was somewhat far fetched 🙄 but overall a good read. I’ll definitely read others in the series.
As we are still enduring the pandemic, this book can be an inspiration to all “stay at home� vacationers and eventually I hope to all travellers from away.
June 23, 2021
This book still has much of what I loved about the first in the series - the wonderful ambience of Newfoundland, nice touches of humour, likeable characters, and I loved the cameo of the bad (ish) guy from the prior novel. I must admit I wasn't as fond of the crime plot, most especially the part that takes place in Mexico. It seemed unnecessary and a bit gratuitous, as if the author took a vacation in San Miguel de Allende and loved it so much he wanted to write about it. I get it. But it needs to feel important to the story, and for me at least, it did not. There was also something off about how he gets out of Mexico that I won't go into to avoid spoilers. All that being said, the writing remains top notch, I enjoyed spending time with the main character, and would read a third if its coming, which I hope it is.
November 16, 2023
This is a new-to-me author, a Canadian from Newfoundland, via a random pick from a library shelf. It's the second in what is likely to be something of a series, so I will have to find the first book in the series to read. I enjoyed the story & the plot, starting with the discovery of a murdered young man in Gros Morne Park, and taking place mainly in and around St. John's. I would have given the book a 4, except for the plot's ending. The part in Mexico was a bit far-fetched, although it became a little clearer closer to the end. This author has had 20 books published, although this is his first mystery novels.
September 27, 2021
Newfoundland tour guide and amateur-ish sleuth Sebastian Synard is hiking in the lunar rockscape of The Tablelands of Gros Morne National Park with his teenage son when they come across the half buried body of a young man. The victim turns out to be that of American geology student and Sebastian quickly finds himself drawn into the case. Somewhat weak on plot, but high on humour, this book beautifully captures the beauty of Newfoundland and the relationship between Sebastian and 14 year-old Nick.
November 22, 2021
More like 3 1/2 out of 5. Great story. Really enjoyed this novel as the protagonist has a great attitude about his life and his role as a father to a teenager. The mystery is good too with great characters that appeared realistic and a plot that kept you reading and intrigued. An easy to read enjoyable novel.
March 2, 2021
The second book of this series is as entertaining as the first. Fun to explore more parts of Newfoundland in this book, along with a bonus quick Mexcian visit. Another murder, with Sebastian struggling to put the pieces together to solve the mystery. Enjoyable read.
April 3, 2021
I enjoyed reading this book. It had a good story to it. I liked the variety of characters in it. It was a well written book.
June 16, 2022
Good who-dun-it with lots of geological input. Fun read, great characters.
September 22, 2022
Great Canadian mystery series👍
July 6, 2023
It was a light mystery, which was fun to read especially if you’ve visited The Tablelands in Newfoundland.
August 21, 2023
The second Sebastian Synard Mystery is another well-plotted and highly readable thriller featuring a quirky protagonist and his likeable friends and family in a magnificent setting.
July 27, 2024
Kevin Major thinks more of his writing and comedic skills than I do. This is a light read, full of Newfoundland references, but not to be mistaken for anything too deep and serious.
October 9, 2024
Mostly reading this series for all the super specific local references.
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Really enjoyed it. Good read. Fun if you are a Newfoundlander. Lots of memories. Worth the time. Easy read. On to number 3.
Really enjoyed it. Good read. Fun if you are a Newfoundlander. Lots of memories. Worth the time. Easy read. On to number 3.
January 29, 2023
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