"Winter's Warmblood" in A Warm Mug of Cozy Anthology, vol. 1

J. Ivanel Johnson

9 tantalizing tales that are the embodiment of the cozy mystery genre. Plenty of warmth, humour and unusual settings.

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13 Claws

Mesdames of Mayhem

Are our animal companions angels or demons? Our friends or our betrayers? 13 Claws, the third anthology by The Mesdames of Mayhem contains 17 animal crime stories by established, critically acclaimed authors as well as three tales (pun intended) by newcomers to the genre.

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7 Short Mystery and Suspense Stories

J.A. Menzies

Seven short stories of suspense, mystery, and detection by the author of the Paul Manziuk and Jacquie Ryan mysteries. Includes personal notes by the author on the writing of each story.

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A Black Tie Affair and Other Mystery Stories

Elizabeth Elwood

A Black Tie Affair and Other Mystery Stories is the second book in a series of light-hearted mysteries featuring the Beary family...

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A Grave Diagnosis: 35 Stories of Mayhem and Malais

Donna Carrick

35 Stories of murder and malaise by leading Canadian, American and British crime writers.

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A Way With Horses

Therese Greenwood

Therese Greenwood’s short mystery story “A Way With Horses” is featured in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine’s first-ever Kindle anthology,

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Auntie Beers

Catherine Astolfo

Reminiscent of Alice Munro-these stories are heart wrenching, authentic, and luminous.

~ Ginger Bolton

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Backup

Rick Mofina

"I looked back at my mom and now she looked like she was crying and I could see the TV and it was all shaky like looking down from a helicopter."

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Beyond the Tripping Point

Sharon A. Crawford

The detectives are frenetic, the villains are diabolic, the situations bounce from hilarious to macabre, and the pace is always unrelenting in this collection by a master crafter of the genre.

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Blood on the Holly: An Anthology of Christmas Mysteries

Sylvia Maultash Warsh

Linwood Barclay, Maureen Jennings, MaryJane Maffini, Dennis Richard Murphy, James Powell, Peter Robinson, Sylvia Warsh and others serve up murder...

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Crime Wave 2: Women of a Certain Age: A Canada West Anthology

Sisters in Crime - Canada West

The sixteen short stories in Crime Wave 2: Women of a Certain Age range from light-hearted to heart-breaking, and from romantic to treacherous.

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Dead in the Water: An Anthology of Canadian Mystery Fiction

Therese Greenwood

An Anthology of Canadian Mystery Fiction: Over 80% of Canadians live near a body of water – and that means when Canadians turn to crime, somebody usually ends up all wet.

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Heartbreaks & Half-truths: 22 Stories of Mystery & Suspense

Judy Penz Sheluk

Behind every broken heart lies a half-truth. And behind every half-truth lies a secret.

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Santa Baby

Melodie Campbell

Santa got whacked sometime after midnight on the night before Christmas. Not a creature was stirring on most of the mountain, but 'twas a different story on Country Club Drive...

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School for Burglars

Melodie Campbell

"He was a well-dressed burglar, Marge had to admit. The black turtleneck fit his lean body in a manner most Italian, and the jeans were unmistakably Gap. He was clean shaven, dark haired and wore a thick black mask a la Zorro...

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Ten Stories That Worried My Mother

Winona Kent

Mysteries, prize-winners, and a hero who spare-changes John Lennon at the premiere of A Hard Day's Night in 1964.

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The Agatha Principle and Other Mystery Stories

Elizabeth Elwood

“The least likely person is the killer, and no one is really who they seem.” So Jordan Hope tells his cast as they prepare to rehearse Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap.

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The Air Affair

Shelley Adina

In Crime Wave 2, "The Air Affair," a short story of sleuths of a certain age, set in the Mysterious Devices steampunk world.

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The Beacon and Other Mystery Stories

Elizabeth Elwood

The Beary family returns, featuring feisty city councillor, Bertram Beary, his opera-singing daughter, and his detective inspector son. From the title story, which deals with two eerily similar deaths...

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The Homicidal Understudy, Mystery Most Theatrical

Elizabeth Elwood

Malice most theatrical abounds in a Broadway production of Blithe Spirit, where the spirit is definitely not blithe!

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Therapy

Peter Clement

In this edgy tale of dark courage, murder and redemption told from a most unique perspective, the damage is deep and the crime unpardonable.

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Thirteen O'Clock

Mesdames of Mayhem

Twisted tales of time...and crime.

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Time Will Tell

Twist Phelan

"Lauren Winslow swept into my office a half hour after my secretary left, twenty minutes before Security came on duty downstairs."

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World Enough And Crime

Donna Carrick

From the dodgy streets of Johannesburg to the hallowed halls of Toronto’s academia, from the heaving swell of the English Channel, to the white sands of Canada’s Bay of Fundy, Crime is indeed a global affair.

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