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Jack Batten

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Jack Batten


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Jack Batten, after a brief and unhappy career as a lawyer, has been a very happy freelance writer for many years. The author of thirty-five books, Batten writes the weekly Whodunnit column in the Toronto Star, has reviewed jazz for the Globe and Mail, and has reviewed movies on CBC Radio for twenty-five years. He has written over thirty books on subjects that include biography, crime fiction, law and court cases, and sports. Not surprisingly, jazz, movies, and crime turn up frequently in Crang’s life. He lives in Toronto.

Average rating: 3.73 · 443 ratings · 115 reviews · 45 distinct worksSimilar authors
Silent in An Evil Time: The...

3.88 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions
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Booking In: A Crang Mystery

3.62 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2017
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Take Five (A Crang Mystery #5)

3.90 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
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Crang Plays The Ace (A Cran...

3.47 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions
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Straight No Chaser (A Crang...

3.59 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions
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Keeper of the Flame  (A Cra...

3.93 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions
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Riviera Blues (A Crang Myst...

3.71 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions
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The Man Who Ran Faster Than...

3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions
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Blood Count (A Crang Myster...

3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions
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Oscar Peterson: The Man and...

3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
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