Biographies
Sarah Fox, Wine and Punishment (A Literary Pub Mystery), Kensington
The owner of a charming literary pub finds her fresh start on the rocks thanks to a case of murder.
Bill Prentice, Why was Rachel Murdered?, Echo Road
A mathematician’s murder leads PI Neil Walker into a world of Ponzi schemes, politics and global cybersecurity nightmares.
Cathy Ace, Murder Knows No Season, Four Tails Publishing Ltd
4 novellas: new tales featuring Cait Morgan, the WISE Enquiries Agency and DI Evan Glover, joined by a standalone thriller.
Vicki Delany, A Scandal in Scarlet, Crooked Lane Books
Sherlockians will delight at the latest charming installment of national bestselling authors Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series
A.G. Pasquella, Yard Dog, Dundurn Press
Honourable ex-con Jack Palace struggles to repay an unstable criminal who saved his life.
Jen J. Danna (writing as Sara Driscoll), Storm Rising, Kensington Publishing
In the wake of a hurricane, Meg Jennings and Hawk deploy to Virginia, where they get embroiled in a human trafficking ring.
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DERRICK MURDOCH AWARD 2017
The Derrick Murdoch Award is a special achievement award for contributions to the crime genre. It is awarded at the discretion of the Board Chair of Crime Writers of Canada. Known as the Chairman’s Award when first presented in 1984, it was later renamed in honour of its first recipient, Derrick Murdoch.
This year’s recipient is Christina Jennings, founder, Chairman and CEO of Shaftesbury Films. She has won a number of awards, including Genies, Geminis and Canadian Screen Awards, among several other nominations and accolades throughout her career.
Christina founded Shaftesbury Films in 1987 as a feature film company. She has produced movies and television series based upon the work of several Canadian crime writers including the late novelist and playwright Timothy Findlay (External Affairs), novelists Gail Bowen (The Joanna Kilbourn TV movies) and Maureen Jennings (The Murdoch Mysteries), as well as historian Marjorie Freeman Campbell (Torso). She has also overseen the production of many other crime-themed works, created specifically for the screen and written by Canadians, including The Listener, Houdini and Doyle and The Summit.
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