Nine Crows for a Kiss

by Vernon Oickle

It starts with a blizzard and an abandoned car. The police cannot find the driver. As revellers gather for Cliff and Julie Graham's annual New Year's Eve party, each guest brings their own crises and questions. Over it all, nine crows keep vigil--do they bring the threat that is drawing closer, or are they there to counter it?



Nine Crows for a Kiss adds another thrilling installment to Vernon Oickle's remarkable Crows series

325 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 15, 2025

About the author

Vernon 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.

Reviews

[Derrick Good · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am enjoying this series and looking forward to the next book. Hopefully not too far off. Talking with Author in Bridgewater he does have them in the works. Great story with local content and happenings. I now have 2 signed copies in my series. Keep em coming!

[Sue Slade · Rating 4 out of 5]

My review is coming soon to https://miramichireader.ca/