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Jess and Sara Jean couldn’t be more different. He’s a loner with a criminal record; a Metis raised on the Reserve; the son of a residential school survivor.

It's been 20 years since Crang, the Toronto criminal lawyer with the single name and the smart mouth, last sleuthed his way through deep trouble and tricky cases.

Cause a "poker face" ain't just a song by Lady Gaga. Crang is a criminal lawyer.

Classic Batten—on the rocks. Jazz. Cocaine. Vietnamese triads. Dope-dealing yuppie lawyers.

This special three-book bundle contains all three novel’s in Jack Batten’s Crang series.

“Like a fine wine, the [Crang] series — and its protagonist — have aged well.” — The Toronto Star “Not to be missed.” — The Globe and Mail Jack Batten's hard-boiled Crang series returns with

A Winnipeg Free Press Bestseller!

At a time when gay communities were hidden worlds, Crang needs to root out a killer and do his best to right a grave wrong.

The smart-talking, wise-cracking, jazz-loving criminal lawyer has got a taste for straight vodka and a nose for trouble.

Mystery-solving criminal lawyer Crang returns to investigate the disappearance of two rare books.

Sadia wishes life in high school was as straightforward as a game of basketball. Fifteen-year-old Sadia Ahmadi is passionate about one thing: basketball.

Classic Batten – on the rocks. Jazz. Cocaine. Vietnamese triads. Dope-dealing yuppie lawyers.

It’s been twenty years since Crang, the Toronto criminal lawyer with the single name and the smart mouth, last sleuthed his way through deep trouble and tricky cases.

This special three-book bundle contains all three novel’s in Jack Batten’s Crang series.

2016 VOYA Top Shelf Fiction Selection CCBC’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2016) — Starred Selection Hope leaves her small town for a fresh start, but her plans are derailed by an online r