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“Like a fine wine, the [Crang] series — and its protagonist — have aged well.” — The Toronto Star “Not to be missed.” — The Globe and Mail Jack Batten's hard-boiled Crang series returns with

At a time when gay communities were hidden worlds, Crang needs to root out a killer and do his best to right a grave wrong.

The smart-talking, wise-cracking, jazz-loving criminal lawyer has got a taste for straight vodka and a nose for trouble.

Mystery-solving criminal lawyer Crang returns to investigate the disappearance of two rare books.

"Canada's Bridget Jones" Gabrielle Bauer shares her journey of self-recognition in her memoirs of a life as a square peg in a round hole.

Short-listed for the 2002 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction So you grow up as a member of the baby boom.

Co-winner of the Canada-Japan Literary Awards 1997 By either folly or design, Gabrielle Bauer finds herself on a plane bound for Tokyo, leaving her career, home, and husband behind.

Classic Batten – on the rocks. Jazz. Cocaine. Vietnamese triads. Dope-dealing yuppie lawyers.

It’s been twenty years since Crang, the Toronto criminal lawyer with the single name and the smart mouth, last sleuthed his way through deep trouble and tricky cases.

This special three-book bundle contains all three novel’s in Jack Batten’s Crang series.

When his popular hip-hop artist client is blackmailed, Crang stumbles on a porn operation and an unexpected case of murder.

Crang, the smart (and often smartass) criminal lawyer, finds himself embroiled in a mystery while on vacation on the French Riviera.