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Seven Crows a Secret Yet To Be Told
The seventh book in Vernon Oickle's acclaimed Crows series! When the crows flock to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, murder and mayhem follow. It is has been this way for 200 years, and the Goodwin family has always been at the centre of the dark goings-on. Now things seem to be coming to a head, long-hidden secrets are emerging and former friends are meeting each other as deadly enemies.
342 pages, Paperback
Published September 15, 2023
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Vernon Oickle
43 books13 followersVernon Oickle lives in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. He studied journalism in Lethbridge, Alberta and upon his graduation in 1982, he returned to his hometown to begin his newspaper career. Since then, Vernon has won many regional, national and international awards for writing and photography. In 2012, he won the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors’ Golden Quill Award for best editorial writing, becoming only the third Canadian and the first Nova Scotian to win this honour since it was first presented in 1961.
Today, he is the editor of the nationally award-winning newspaper, The Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin in Bridgewater. Since October 1995 he has been writing the popular and award winning column, The Editor’s Diary. Helping to shape and influence public opinion on a wide range of topics that over time, his writing increasingly touches a populist nerve by airing topics important to his readers.
In addition to being an award winning journalist and editor, Vernon is the author of 18 books, many of which collect and preserve the heritage and culture of Atlantic Canada. In 2010 he launched a series of novels that get their names from a Maritime folklore rhyme about seven crows.
Today, he is the editor of the nationally award-winning newspaper, The Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin in Bridgewater. Since October 1995 he has been writing the popular and award winning column, The Editor’s Diary. Helping to shape and influence public opinion on a wide range of topics that over time, his writing increasingly touches a populist nerve by airing topics important to his readers.
In addition to being an award winning journalist and editor, Vernon is the author of 18 books, many of which collect and preserve the heritage and culture of Atlantic Canada. In 2010 he launched a series of novels that get their names from a Maritime folklore rhyme about seven crows.
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January 31, 2025
“He’s been dealing with unusual crow behaviour around this town from as far back as he can remember, and he can’t shake the feeling that something major is brewing with those black birds.” ― Vernon Oickle, Seven Crows a Secret Yet to be Told, page 240
It’s been thirteen and a half years since Alex Goodwin’s family was wiped out in a bloody crime and he was left an orphan. In Seven Crows a Secret Yet to be Told, the seventh book in Vernon Oickle’s Crow series, Alex’s Aunt Zoey, his mother’s twin sister, has come to town. She has promised Alex that she will reveal to him all his family’s secrets. Set in the small town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, this story tells the back story of Alex’s ancestor Alexandria. This was creatively done by reading her journal during the time she arrived in the New World and the beginnings of the settlement of Liverpool in the 1760s. Vernon did an excellent job with this, creating a completely different “voice” for Alexandria. Meanwhile, in the present, Alex is trying to figure out who are his friends and who are his enemies. This was a well-plotted suspense thriller, with a glimpse into the beginning of his next novel in the series, Eight Crows For a Wish.
“What in the bloody hell am I stuck in the middle of? Destinies? Pacts? Vengeance? Crows? Owls?” ― Vernon Oickle, Seven Crows a Secret Yet to be Told, page 253
It’s been thirteen and a half years since Alex Goodwin’s family was wiped out in a bloody crime and he was left an orphan. In Seven Crows a Secret Yet to be Told, the seventh book in Vernon Oickle’s Crow series, Alex’s Aunt Zoey, his mother’s twin sister, has come to town. She has promised Alex that she will reveal to him all his family’s secrets. Set in the small town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, this story tells the back story of Alex’s ancestor Alexandria. This was creatively done by reading her journal during the time she arrived in the New World and the beginnings of the settlement of Liverpool in the 1760s. Vernon did an excellent job with this, creating a completely different “voice” for Alexandria. Meanwhile, in the present, Alex is trying to figure out who are his friends and who are his enemies. This was a well-plotted suspense thriller, with a glimpse into the beginning of his next novel in the series, Eight Crows For a Wish.
“What in the bloody hell am I stuck in the middle of? Destinies? Pacts? Vengeance? Crows? Owls?” ― Vernon Oickle, Seven Crows a Secret Yet to be Told, page 253
December 4, 2023
This is the best in the crow series yet! Each novel gets better and better. I couldn't figure out how Vernon was going to come up with "a secret yet to be told" but he did, and it was a great surprise. Well done! When will we get 8 crows??
December 4, 2023
Vernon Oickle's Crow series just keeps getting better. Such a great read. Highly recommended. I can't wait to see Eight Crows! Hurray up, Mr. Oickle. Get writing!
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