“While [it] completes a trilogy featuring his Montreal detective, Émile Cinq-Mars, River City otherwise stands a genre apart from its predecessors. It may constitute a genre apart from most novels ever published…. A boldly original creation…. Epic.”
—Charles Foran, The Walrus
“[Farrow has] an ability—which has also been ascribed to the painter Norman Rockwell—to drop the observer into a moment right on the edge of the action, and render it richly and lucidly…. This book is a gift to the city of Montreal, and to all those who love a good murder.” —Montreal Review of Books
“If you approach River City … eagerly anticipating another murder mystery featuring Montreal police detective Émile Cinq-Mars, you won’t be disappointed…. Fast-paced and full of sex, gore and political intrigue. The fictional characters are sympathetic and full of life, [and] Armand Touton is a gem.” —The Globe and Mail
“A fictionalized, irreverent, politically incorrect account of Quebec … in veritable Technicolor.” —Quill & Quire
“Very satisfying…. A page-turner.” —Ann Archer (A CBC Radio All in a Day Book-Panel Pick)
“This is not only another fine mystery … it’s also an epic lesson in Canadian history, starting with Jacques Cartier’s arrival and culminating in 1970’s October Crisis.” —The Chronicle Herald (Halifax) (Top Mysteries of 2011)