The Boy on the Bicycle

July 1, 2018, Five Rivers releases Nate Hendley’s in-depth, expose, The Boy on the Bicycle: A Forgotten Case of Wrongful Conviction in Toronto.  The story chronicles the wrongful conviction of Ron Moffatt in the mid-20th century, and his subsequent exoneration. Sadly, although Mr. Moffatt received an apology, he never received any kind of compensation for the egregious harm he suffered because of police bungling. We are pleased to reveal the cover created by Five Rivers’ artistic…

Nate Hendley’s crime bio, Al Capone coming in audio

Nate Hendley’s hugely popular biography, Al Capone: Chicago’s King of Crime, will be available in the early fall of 2018 as an audiobook. Narrated by John Campagna, the biography is a concise, well-researched overview about this most renowned and infamous of gangster, Al Capone. John Campagna brings to the audio production a considerable body of experience, with a very resonant baritone voice, good enunciation and cadence. Al Capone, Chicago’s King of Crime, presently ranks 332 on Amazon’s books…

A decade publishing and another great year

Who knew a decade would fly by so quickly! Indeed it is 10 years since we decided to give voice to Canadian authors. The line-up for 2018 is, quite frankly, very exciting. Five Rivers is releasing a series of great new books, both fiction and non-fiction, starting with the release February 1 of a new installment in Dave Duncan’s wildly popular King’s Blades fantasy series, One Velvet Glove. Duncan, a CSFFA Hall of Fame inductee,…