" April Fool thrusts itself brashly into the reader's psyche like a lumber-jacketed logger at a black-tie affair. Ruggedly individualistic, demanding and determined, its characters are shrewdly etched and realistically rendered." -- Globe and Mail "[Deverell] is a hugely amusing and self-assured writer, and when you have his gifts it is hard to go wrong." -- National Post "Deverell brings back one of his classic characters, wily B.C. Queen's Counsel Arthur Beauchamp, in this droll, witty novel about crime in the Gulf Islands." -- Toronto Sun "The dialogue crackles, the style is sharp and compelling, and it's a treat to spend another book with Beauchamp." -- Vancouver Sun "Deverell burrows into Beauchamp's soul, and we see almost everything unfold through his addled but fascinating perspective.

" -- Vancouver Province "Deverell writes breathless prose, commas flying here and there with exuberant abandon, as he dissects the nuttiness of his various locations. April Fool spills over with idiosyncratic characters." -- Edmonton Journal "Hugely entertaining." -- Calgary Herald "Deverell is one of Canada's best and funniest mystery writers." -- Ottawa Citizen "Readers gladly follow all of Deverell's distinctly drawn characters through tiny outposts on Canada's West Coast to the courtrooms of Victoria and Vancouver and the fine hotels of Europe. He is a master storyteller with a wonderful sense of humour. The story flows effortlessly, and readers are twigs on the river, along for one hell of a ride." -- Quill & Quire.