I have recently retired after 32 years as a municipal politician. Now for the first time in years I have had the time to read for pleasure and I want to say thank you for helping me to make the transition. I read Gallows Thief and was hooked. Now I am working my way through your books and have become obsessed with them. Canadians are proud of their history but it is, from a world perspective, backwater. I was a former history teacher. In the Canadian History Curriculum, for example, we teach the war of 1812 with almost no reference to the Napoleonic wars. Have you considered writing something with a Canadian Theme. An chance Shape could find himself at Fort York or The Burning of the White House in Washington or With Brock at Queenston Heights? Thanks for helping make my retirement bearable.

Howard Moscoe