Crime Writers of Canada - Book Catalogue

When a local man discovers a dismembered arm in his front yard, it seems that the long fingers of fog that strangle the city are also hiding a grisly secret.

Smoked

Garry Ryan

Release Date: January 01, 2010

Detective/PI

Mystery

Alberta

When Jennifer Towers, a young professional with a promising career in dentistry, is found dead in a graffiti-tagged dumpster, Detectives Lane and Harper must decipher the tag in order to find its artist -- and the victim's killer...

Date With a Sheesha - Russell Quant Mystery #7

Anthony Bidulka

Release Date: January 01, 2010

Crime Novel

Canadian Setting

Crime Fiction

Detective/PI

Mystery

Cozy

A Russell Quant Mystery: From the glitzy, flamboyant Dubai, to the frankincense fields of Oman and scorching sand dunes of Saudi Arabia, PI Russell Quant is on a magical carpet ride that skids to a deadly halt...

Aloha, Candy Hearts - Russell Quant Mystery #6

Anthony Bidulka

Release Date: May 01, 2009

Crime Novel

Canadian Setting

Crime Fiction

Detective/PI

Mystery

Cozy

Saskatchewan

A Russell Quant Mystery: From Pacific to Prairie, a teasing treasure hunt turns into a frightening game of cat and mouse.

The Brutal Telling

Louise Penny

Release Date: January 01, 2009

Detective/PI

Mystery

Cozy

A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery: A trail of clues and treasures from first editions of Charlotte’s Web and Jane Eyre to a spider web with the word “WOE” woven in it...

The Loves and Tribulations of Detective Stephen Carlton

René Natan

Release Date: January 01, 2009

Thriller

Crime Fiction

Detective/PI

Ontario

Three women scar Detective Stephen Carlton’s heart.

Victim Impact

Mel Bradshaw

Release Date: January 01, 2008

Detective/PI

Mystery

Ontario

Homicide becomes more than an academic study for criminologist Ted Boudreau when his own suburban home is burglarized, his wife killed. Was his computer targeted because of his interest in a secretive biker gang?

Stain of the Berry - Russell Quant Mystery #4

Anthony Bidulka

Release Date: October 02, 2006

Crime Novel

Canadian Setting

Crime Fiction

Detective/PI

Mystery

Cozy

Saskatchewan

A Russell Quant Mystery: Everyone has their Boogeyman. But who – or what – is scaring Saskatoon locals to death? Private detective Russell Quant falls into a nightmare case...

The Lucky Elephant Restaurant

Garry Ryan

Release Date: January 01, 2006

Detective/PI

Mystery

A Detective Lane Mystery: When the young daughter of popular radio talk show host Bobbie Reddie disappears along with Bobbie's ex-husband, Detectives Lane and Harper are on the case.

Deadly Lessons

David Russell

Release Date: January 01, 2006

Detective/PI

Winston Patrick and his best friend, Detective Andrea Pearson, find themselves immersed in a murder investigation that could cause an international incident...if it doesn't cost Winston his own life first.

Still Life

Louise Penny

Release Date: January 01, 2006

Detective/PI

Cozy

A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery: Still Life introduces Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and the tiny Quebec village of Three Pines. The village is so peaceful it doesn’t even have police, so when a beloved retired school teacher is killed...

Dead Cold

Louise Penny

Release Date: January 01, 2006

Detective/PI

Cozy

A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery: It's winter in the idyllic Quebec village of Three Pines. Snow is gently falling and the residents are preparing their Christmas celebrations. But someone is preparing something far more sinister – murder.

Body Contact

Terry Carroll

Release Date: January 01, 2006

Detective/PI

When Tracy Hewitt goes missing, police officer and amateur goalie Carl North has enormous difficulty believing team-mate Rick Hewitt might be guilty of murdering his wife.

Does Your Mother Know?

Maureen Jennings

Release Date: January 01, 2006

Detective/PI

Does Your Mother Know? is the first of an original series featuring Canadian forensic profiler Christine Morris.

Honour Among Men

Barbara Fradkin

Release Date: January 01, 2006

Detective/PI

An Inspector Green Mystery: In the fifth of this award-winning series, a routine murder inquiry heats up when Green finds a Halifax train ticket and a stolen military medal in the dead woman’s possession.

Vices of My Blood

Maureen Jennings

Release Date: January 01, 2006

Historical Crime

Detective/PI

A Detective Murdoch Mystery: The sixth in the Detective Murdoch series set in Toronto of 1896 finds Murdoch investigating the savage murder of Reverend Charles Howard, a well-liked pastor of a Toronto Presbyterian church.

By the Time You Read This

Giles Blunt

Release Date: January 01, 2006

Detective/PI

A John Cardinal Mystery: Cardinal receives a string of menacing letters and finds himself tracking a killer...

Tapas on the Ramblas - Russell Quant Mystery #3

Anthony Bidulka

Release Date: October 01, 2005

Crime Novel

Canadian Setting

Crime Fiction

Detective/PI

Mystery

Cozy

Saskatchewan

A Russell Quant Mystery: Charity Wiser, matriarch of the Wiser clan by virtue of her wealth and power, is an indomitable provocateur and private detective Russell Quant's newest employer.

Flight of Aquavit - Russell Quant Mystery #2

Anthony Bidulka

Release Date: October 01, 2004

Crime Novel

Canadian Setting

Crime Fiction

Detective/PI

Mystery

Whodunit (Traditional Mystery)

Saskatchewan

…a menacing blackmailer…from the killing chill of winter landscapes and the midnight world of e-dating to the kaleidoscope nightspots of New York City…

Amuse Bouche - Russell Quant Mystery #1

Anthony Bidulka

Release Date: May 01, 2003

Crime Novel

Canadian Setting

Crime Fiction

Detective/PI

Mystery

Cozy

Saskatchewan

A Russell Quant Mystery: Quant comes face to face with a client who may be the bad guy, a quarry who turns up in the most unexpected place and a cast of colourful suspects...