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“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

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.

What do you do with elephants escaped from the zoo, or whales swimming loops around in your soup?

Thirteen-year-old Casey Templeton has recently moved with his family to the southeastern Alberta town of Richford.

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.

Casey Templeton is in a bind when he must foil a burglary of dinosaur bones.

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

In Hate Cell, thirteen-year-old Casey Templeton has recently moved to the southeastern Alberta town of Richford.

When his popular hip-hop artist client is blackmailed, Crang stumbles on a porn operation and an unexpected case of murder.

Crang, the smart (and often smartass) criminal lawyer, finds himself embroiled in a mystery while on vacation on the French Riviera.