The Borthwick siblings co-own a family cottage. Each has a different idea for it. Enough to kill for?
Wayne Ng channels his thirty years as a social worker in this raw and visceral tale of Hannah Belenko, a mother perpetually just hanging on. She schemes and scrapes by, unaware that her shortcomings and adherence to the family’s code of silence may lead to losing her son, Axel.
Set in 1969, in both NB & ON, CAN., D.I. Phil Steele, his diverse team, & godmum P.J. must solve whodunit at rural retreat.
You can run. You can hide. But in the end, the past catches up with you. Lana's family history has dangerous consequences.
For the Love of Sea View is a memoir of murder – of the location that spawned Hilary MacLeod’s Shores mystery series.
An aspiring tycoon partners with a racketeer to build a jukebox that makes millions, then takes the fall for the largest money laundering scheme in history.
Lawyer Evie Valentine is working on a project to save the planet when she finds a fatal flaw. Now she must save herself.
In 1905 an energetic man with grand plans arrives in Nova Scotia. He has a wonderful way with words, and entrancing stories
An ancient, cursed statue. Suspicious deaths. A PI determined to uncover the truth.
1971.Quaint mountain village in NB is deeply distressed by multiple murders. P.J., her godson & his diverse team must solve!
In this eerily riveting thriller—the follow-up to the international bestseller Dark August—Gus Monet becomes dangerously entangled with a powerful family whose wealth and success are built on dark and deadly secrets. After solving her mother's murder, Augusta (Gus) Monet thought she was finally settled. But it’s not to be. Soon after moving into The Ambassador Court, she meets Poppy Honeywell, her reclusive elderly neighbor who wanders about in a pink kimono like an aging Hollywood starlet and who happens to be a descendant of the Mutchmores, one of the city's founding families. The family have been hiding a treacherous secret for decades—one they are willing to sacrifice anything—and anyone—to keep buried. Little do they know, that’s just the kind of secret Gus can’t resist.
Awakened in the middle of the night by a panic call for help from his high-school hearthrob, Sean makes a grisly discovery.
An impending murder. Dangerous premonitions. Can PI Jorja Knight protect a psychic clairvoyant from her own predicted demise?
Can a burned out lawyer with a drinking problem figure out who killed Auntie Freda? PJ Donison’s Death Comes For Christmas is a soft-boiled whodunnit with a smart female sleuth.
My ex-husband’s hiding inches away from my new boyfriend and there's a murdered man in rigour on the floor beside me. Buzzkill.
Set in Ontario, The Dime Box is the story of a young woman accused of murdering her father.
Five years ago, Olivia's little boy went missing. Now her husband Nate has vanished too. As Olivia investigates, she discovers a web of secrets and lies that lead her to question her husband and her marriage.
Five years ago, Olivia's little boy went missing. Now her husband Nate has vanished too. As Olivia investigates, she discovers a web of secrets and lies that lead her to question her husband and her marriage.
What do a political campaign and multi-million dollar project have in common? Secrets and murder.
The first three novels in the series The ABC Files are collected here.
🏆 Winner – BEST CRIME NOVELLA – Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence 2022
A charming coming of age story wrapped around a murder, a betrayal and a national crisis.
Eleven-year-old Johnny tries to make sense of a murder, an absent father, and the FLQ Crisis through heart and humour-filled letters to hockey legend Dave Keon.
Private Investigator Jorja Knight digs into a murder case and uncovers a dangerous hidden plot about to unfold.
Like 20 years before, a girl has disappeared in Riverview. What did the two have in common, and who is the culprit?
FAMILY
SECRETS. DISAPPEARING INFORMANTS. A PI TRAPPED IN KILLER’S RUTHLESS PLAN.
Augusta (Gus) Monet is living an aimless existence with her grifter boyfriend when she inherits her great-grandmother’s house. Ditching her boyfriend, Gus returns home. Her inheritance turns out to be a dilapidated house and an old dog named Levi. While combing through her great grandmother’s possessions, Gus stumbles across an old trunk filled with long-lost childhood belongings. Inside, she discovers cold case files that belonged to her mother, a disgraced police detective who died in a car accident when Gus was eight. Gus remembers her mother obsessing over these documents and photographs. As her own obsession grows, she inadvertently stirs up the evils of the past, putting her life in danger. Undeterred, Gus is committed to uncovering long-buried secrets, including the secrets surrounding a missing geology student, the young ballerina in the Polaroid, a prominent family’s devastating legacy, and a toxic blast that blew an entire town off the map.
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