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"Murder Confirmed" Coming Soon!

Austin Macauley's remarkable 97 year old mystery author Douglas Hall announced that he expects to have MURDER CONFIRMED, the fifth title in his highly successful PAUL WEST MYSTERY SERIES, ready for pu ........

Douglas Hall: The Prodigious 95-Year-Old Author Still Captivating Readers with 'Murder Confirmed'

The amazing 95-year-old Canadian author Douglas Hall is still writing every day and hopes to have the fifth mystery title in his prodigies writing career, which began with the publication of "THE ........

MURDER IN SEASON

I have just finished reading MURDER IN SEASON. It was hard to put down. I had me guessing right to the end GREAT WORK!Allan StraderBarrister & Solicitor Toronto Ontario Canada          ........

MURDER IN SEASON

I had lost track of Doug Hall over the years since we both worked at IBM Canada, he in a different department than I. We didn’t connect again until after we both retired and I moved into the same c ........

BOOK Review by Mr. G. Goodman Whitby

I was first introduced to The Paul West Mystery Series when I was browsing in my favourite book store and “Murder Can Kill” caught my attention with its eye-catching jacket. Being a lover of ........

MURDER IN SEASON

GREAT PLOT TWISTS I got my copy of  MURDER IN SESON the week after it was released and just finished reading it. I have read the other three books in the PAUL WEST MYSTERY SERIES “MURDER ........

MURDER IN SEASON

After a long wait I was finally able to enjoy “MURDER UNCHAINED in the manner in which to read something – by starting and finishing the whole book in one sitting and on a Sunday I did just tha ........

MURDER MYSTERY LUNCH

AM’s amazing author Douglas Hall has agreed to host a Murder Mystery Lunch mid-October in the AMIICA Whitby, Ontario, dining room. He will talk about how he has written 28 publish books in a ........

MURDER CONFIRMED

It is never too young to get young people interested in books and AM’s amazing 94-year-old author Douglas Hall proved that with his grade-five great-grandson who took a selection of his twenty-seven b ........

MURDER IN SEASON

MURDER IN SEASON received a tremendous marketing boost when it was profiled in the feature article AM’s amazing 94 -year-old author Douglas Hall and his equally amazing 91 year-old wife were featured ........

Book Review

"Murder Unchained" was a one-sitting read for me as I couldn't put it down.I loved the main characters especially Paul West and the peripheral ones ones like Mandy, his Girl Friday and Ada the snoopy ........

HOOKED ON PAUL WEST MYSTERY SERIES

I had just finished reading a mystery book and was in the local library going up and down the rows looking for my next read.The librarian asked if she could help and I told her I was looking for a goo ........

A Mystery Reader's Treat

A fellow rehab patient loaned me his copy of Douglas Hall's "Murder Can Kill" and what a pleasure it was to get it. With nearly a year in hospital and rehab I was running out of books to readHall was ........

DOUGLAS HALL HAS JUST BEEN CONTRACTED FOR “MURDER IN SEASON”

Douglas Hall has just been contracted for “Murder In Season” the fourth title in The Paul West Mystery Series. It will go into production and hopefully be available for the Christmas Season.Paul West’ ........

MURDER IN SEASON

Now that “Murder In Season” has been completed and the manuscript downloaded for production Douglas Hall has started the next Paul West Mystery “Murder Now Confirmed.” It will be the fifth title in th ........

A GOOD BOOK THAT HELD MY ATTENTION

A good book that held my attention from beginning to end. I didn’t guess the guilty party.Lynne McVeyAmica Ladies Reading Club

I FOUND MY FIRST BOOK

I found my first book about Paul West P.I. very intriguing especially since his case was based in the small Canadian town of Ebony River British Columbia.Paul West was hired by the son of the very wea ........

EASY TO READ PAGE-TURNER

MURDER CAN KILL is easy to read with engaging characters. It was well-written and being a bookworm I thoroughly enjoyed it. I look forward to the next ones in The Paul West Mystery Series I’d rate it ........

READER REVIEWS ARE LIFE BLOOD FOR ANY AUTHOR

I have been most fortunate with the reviews I have received from readers of all my 28 published books going back to the first one “The Brittle Thread” in 1968 up to my last one, and my 28th, “Murder U ........

I WENT TO RENFREW COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE WITH DOUG HALL

I went to Renfrew Collegiate Institute with Doug Hall and even then he was a better writer than most of us. I have been following his career with the the positive and interesting reviews he has been r ........

TEEN ENJOYING PAUL WEST MYSTERY

I thought you would like to know that my teenage daughter is an avid reader and I am always recommending books for her to read. I also make sure they are suitable and when I finished reading “Murder N ........

LONG TIME READER OF DOUGLAS HALL

I have been a long time reader of Douglas Hall and just finished his third mystery in The Paul West Mystery Series “Murder Unchained” when I read the full page newspaper article on him and his new boo ........

WHITBY AUTHOR DOUG HALL IS 93 AND STILL WRITES EVERY DAY

Durham author Doug Hall and his wife Joyce have a rhythm that comes easily after 68 years of marriage.Doug, 93 spend about half of the work day putting his ideas to paper and Joyce edits his pages – a ........

PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR

When Private Investigator Paul West took on his next case, it seemed like an easy one that would pay handdomely. All he had to do was compile a profile of Jason Knox for his only son Matthew, who had ........

ONE OF HIS BEST

WHITBY author Douglas Hall does it again and it looks like “Murder Unchained” is one of the best he has written in his career so far. As a true Doug Hall reader I’ve always been partial to “Seconds To ........

MURDER UNCHAINED

A good mystery requires characters that you can identify with and it needs a plausable plot. In “Murder Unchained” Douglas Hall plays with the reader, sets things up so it seems a certain character is ........

“MURDER UNCHAINED” A GREAT SUMMER READ

“Murder Unchained” is a great summer read. Very enjoyable with fascinating characters. Looking forward to the next Paul West mysteryMark DouglasNashville, Tennesse

A TREAT FOR ANY BOOKSHELF OR NIGHTSTAND

Another Paul West Mystery by author Douglas HallHall is a treat for anyone’s bookshelf or nightstand. Like the other Paul West Mysteries “Murder Can Kill” and “Murder Never Sleeps” Paul West never dis ........

VIEWS OF KRISTEN CALIS

I got the book and I’m excited to read it!Kristen CalisReporter, Pickering News AdveertiserMetroland Media

AVID READER OF DOUGLAS HALL

I’ve been an avid reader of Douglas Hall for as long as I can remember. How he continues to come up with new plots,characters and narrative twists is something to be marvelled. Very much enjoyed his l ........

GREAT SUMMER READ

Murder Unchained is a great summer read. Very enjoyable with fascinating characters. Looking forward to the next Paul West mystery.Mark DouglasBrentwood, Tennesse

HALEY STATION NATIVE RELEASES MURDER UNCHAINED

Haley Station Native releases new mystery novel Murder Unchained the third book in the Paul West Mystery Series by Johathan Mulvihill Renfrew Mercury.Whitby author Douglas Hall says his latest novel i ........

THE PAUL WEST MYSTERY SERIES

I have been most fortunate to have written “The Brittle Thread” in 1968, had it published and have never written a book that was rejected and not published.I am now writing my twenty-ninth and am in m ........

THE FOURTH TITLE IS IN PROCESS

Murder Unchained is the third title in the Paul West Mystery Series the other two are Murder Can Kill and Murder Never Sleeps. The fourth title is being written for fall 2021 submission. Following tha ........