About the Author

Wayne Arthurson is an award-winning author of Cree heritage. For more than 20 years, Wayne has worked as a newspaper reporter, editor, freelance journalist, copywriter, communications officer and a drummer in a rock band. He has written over 100 articles and has nine other books to his credit including Fall from Grace and A Killing Winter in the Leo Desroches series. Fall from Grace, the first book in the series, was the winner of the 2012 Alberta Readers Choice Award.

Reviews

PRAISE FOR WAYNE ARTHURSON'S LEO DESCROCHES MYSTERY SERIES:
[Fall From Grace] exudes wicked energy kept under stern control ...highly charged, stunningly written set pieces... This is a genrebender, its twists all the more startling for being unexpected.
-- Booklist
[Fall From Grace] makes for a very satisfying debut...Highly recommended. -- Library Journal (Starred Review)
Fall From Grace unfolds slowly and deliberately. It isn't a pedal-to-the-metal thriller: it's altogether deeper than that - a novel that works splendidly as both a mystery and a character study. To the august company of Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce and Alexander McCall Smith's Prescious Ramots, we we can now add Edmonton writer Wayne Arthurson's Leo Desroches.-- Quill and Quire

To the august company of Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce and Alexander McCall Smith's Prescious Ramotswe we can now add Edmonton writer Wayne Arthurson's Leo Desroches.--Quill and Quire
Fall From Grace unfolds slowly and deliberately. It isn't a pedal-to-the-metal thriller: it's altogether deeper than that - a novel that works splendidly as both a mystery and a character study. --Quill and Quire
[Fall From Grace] exudes wicked energy kept under stern control ...highly charged, stunningly written set pieces... This is a genrebender, its twists all the more startling for being unexpected.
--Booklist
Arthurson slowly pulls in all the elements to conjure the writing of a feature story, but his pace picks up exponentially, and this makes for a very satisfying debut...Highly recommended. --Library Journal (Starred Review)

Wise and compassionate, vivid and witty, Leo is the kind of character you feel you've known a long time, and Wayne Arthurson is a writer to watch. What a great read. I couldn't put it down. Sparkle Hayter
It's about time someone set a kick-ass crime novel in Edmonton. Giles Blunt"

"To the august company of Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce and Alexander McCall Smith's Prescious Ramotswe we can now add Edmonton writer Wayne Arthurson's Leo Desroches."--Quill and Quire
"Fall From Grace unfolds slowly and deliberately. It isn't a pedal-to-the-metal thriller: it's altogether deeper than that - a novel that works splendidly as both a mystery and a character study." --Quill and Quire
..".exudes wicked energy kept under stern control ...highly charged, stunningly written set pieces... This is a genrebender, its twists all the more startling for being unexpected."
--Booklist
"Arthurson slowly pulls in all the elements to conjure the writing of a feature story, but his pace picks up exponentially, and this makes for a very satisfying debut...Highly recommended." --Library Journal (Starred Review)

"Wise and compassionate, vivid and witty, Leo is the kind of character you feel you've known a long time, and Wayne Arthurson is a writer to watch. What a great read. I couldn't put it down." Sparkle Hayter
"It's about time someone set a kick-ass crime novel in Edmonton." Giles Blunt"