''Forty Words for Sorrow'' is a 2000
crime novel from Canadian novelist
Giles Blunt
Giles Blunt (born 1952) is a Canadian novelist, poet, and screenwriter. His first novel, ''Cold Eye'', was a psychological thriller set in the New York art world, which was made into the French movie ''Les Couleurs du diable'' (Allain Jessua, 199 ...
, and the first to feature his protagonists John Cardinal and Lise Delorme. Blunt had previous published one other novel, ''Cold Eye'', but this was his first crime novel, and the first to be a critical and commercial success. The novel won the
Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger in 2001, and was shortlisted for the
Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel The Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best Novel is an annual literary award, presented as part of the Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence program to honour books judged as the best crime novel published by a Canadian crime writer in the ...
.
[Roger M. Sobin, ''The Essential Mystery Lists: For Readers, Collectors, and Librarians''. ]Poisoned Pen Press
Poisoned Pen Press is a publisher of mystery fiction based in Scottsdale, Arizona, US. Poisoned Pen Press typically publishes thirty-six new hardcover mysteries per year, thirty-six new large type editions of those hardcovers, and between thirty a ...
, 2011. . pp. 191-194.
In 2015, Sienna Films and
eOne Entertainment
Entertainment One Ltd., trading as eOne, is an American-owned Canadian multinational entertainment company. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the company is primarily involved in the acquisition, distribution, and production of films and television se ...
announced that a television adaptation, ''
Cardinal'', was in development. The six-episode series, starring
Billy Campbell as John Cardinal and
Karine Vanasse
Karine Vanasse (born 24 November 1983) is a French-Canadian actress, who had roles in the films '' Polytechnique'', '' Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché)'', ''Switch'' and '' Set Me Free (Emporte-moi)''. International ...
as Lise Delorme, premiered on
CTV and
Super Écran on January 25, 2017 and on
Hulu in the US in July 2017.
. ''Broadcaster'', February 11, 2016.
References
2000 Canadian novels
Canadian mystery novels
Novels set in Northern Ontario
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