John Moss, Lindstrom Alone, Iguana Books: A Stonewood Imprint
Drawn into the saga of a family bent on self-destruction, a Toronto P.I. travels to Sweden and a showdown with a killer on the windswept island of Fårö.
Ann Shortell, Celtic Knot, FriesenPress
Ottawa 1868: A hero shot, a rebel hanged, and three others die before young Irish maid Clara Swift untangles the Celtic Knot.
Carolyn Arnold, The Secret of the Lost Pharaoh, Hibbert & Stiles Publishing Inc.
Archaeologist and adventurer Matthew Connor and his friends set off for Egypt when a recent dig hints at the discovery of a legnedary treasure.
Barry Finlay, Remote Access, Keep On Climbing Publishing
Will satisfy readers who have even a casual interest in tonight's news and who love page-turning suspense.
Judy Penz Sheluk, A Hole in One: A Glass Dolphin Mystery (#2), Barking Rain Press
Murder, mystery, and mayhem—small-town secrets have never been bigger…
Linda Wiken, Marinating in Murder, Berkley Prime Crime
There's one thing J.J. Tanner and the Culinary Capers Dinner Club didn't have on the menu -- the dead body in the trunk!
Joanne Guidoccio, A Different Kind of Reunion, The Wild Rose Press
One lost email could cost a life.
Juanita Rose Violini, Clue Trail: From Whodunnit to Solution, Mystery Factory
Clue Trail, based on the Mystery Bones method, is a 'How-To' create clues, beat writers block and stop re-writing book.
R.M. Greenaway, Creep, Dundurn Press
As Halloween approaches, somebody is lurking in fun-fur and scaring the wits out of the locals. But is he, she, or it, also responsible for the mangled corpse.
Iona Whishaw, It Begins in Betrayal, TouchWood Editions
Darling has been charged with murder and faces the hangman in London. Lane returns to England to save the man she loves.
Mary Lou Dickinson, The White Ribbon Man, Inanna Publications
A woman’s body is found in the basement toilet of a downtown Toronto church.
Melodie Campbell in Conversation with American authors Karin Slaughter and Alafair Burke Thu Apr 19 @ 7:00PM - |
CWC 35th Celebration at Newmarket Public Library Sat Apr 21 @ 2:00PM - 04:00PM |
CWC 35th Anniversary Celebration Event: Mystery and Mayhem Writers Panel Mon Apr 23 @ 4:00PM - 05:30PM |
Mesdames of Mayhem Mon Apr 23 @ 7:00PM - 08:00PM |
Iona Whishaw, Book Launch Tue Apr 24 @ 6:30PM - 09:00PM |
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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