Crime Writers of Canada - Book Catalogue

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...

This Thing of Darkness: An Inspector Green Mystery

Barbara Fradkin

Release Date: January 01, 2009

Mystery

Ontario

In the seventh of this award-winning series, an elderly, retired psychiatrist is beaten to death one night on the streets of Ottawa’s Byward Market. Suspicion falls on four gang punks...

Fear the Worst

Linwood Barclay

Release Date: January 01, 2009

Thriller

Ontario

Sydney Blake’s summer is shaping up to be typical for a 17-year-old teenager: She’s spending it with her father, and she has landed a part-time job at a local hotel. One night, Syd fails to come home from her shift...

Too Close to Home

Linwood Barclay

Release Date: January 01, 2009

Thriller

Ontario

In a quiet suburban neighborhood, in a house only one door away, a family is brutally murdered for no apparent reason. And you think to yourself: It could have been us. And you start to wonder: What if we’re next?

Law & Disorder

Mary Jane Maffini

Release Date: January 01, 2009

Mystery

Cozy

Ontario

Camilla MacPhee is distracted when Ashley and Brittany, her step-daughters-to-be, visit. As the girls strive to excel at dragon boat racing, Camilla struggles to discover who is killing Ottawa lawyers...

On the Head of a Pin

Janet Kellough

Release Date: January 01, 2009

Historical Crime

Mystery

Ontario

Saddlebag preacher Thaddeus Lewis still mourns the mysterious death of his daughter Sarah as he rides to his new posting in Prince Edward County. When another girl dies in the same way, he realizes that the circumstances point to murder...

Winter of Secrets

Vicki Delany

Release Date: January 01, 2009

Mystery

Police Procedural

Ontario

Christmas Eve and the snowstorm of the decade has settled over the town of Trafalgar, B.C. Constable Molly Smith has a busy shift attending fender-benders, tumbling pedestrians, and Christmas tree fires.

The First Excellence

Donna Carrick

Release Date: January 01, 2009

Mystery

Ontario

Join Fa-ling on an incredible journey into the heart of mainland China as she sets out to discover the land of her birth. In order to determine her future, Fa-ling must first unlock the mysteries of her past...

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.

Backup

Rick Mofina

Release Date: January 01, 2009

Anthologies and Collections

Short Stories

Mystery

Ontario

"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."

Arctic Blue Death

R.J. Harlick

Release Date: January 01, 2009

Mystery

Ontario

Meg Harris’s father’s plane went missing in the Arctic. He was never seen again.

Whiteout

Vicki Delany

Release Date: January 01, 2008

Mystery

Ontario

After a painful family drama, Toronto computer expert Joanna Hastings takes a cabin in the remote woods of Northern Ontario...

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?

Legacy: An Emily Taylor Mystery

Catherine Astolfo

Release Date: January 01, 2008

Psychological Suspense

Mystery

Ontario

Dark memories from the past and long-buried secrets surrounding seemingly unconnected families make up the enigma of Legacy...

The Orchid Shroud

Michelle Wan

Release Date: January 01, 2007

Amateur Sleuth

Ontario

A Novel of Death in the Dordogne: When violent death strikes in the present day, Mara and Julian's investigation leads them to uncover a past filled with hatred, greed, and dark superstitions.

In the Shadow of the Glacier

Vicki Delany

Release Date: January 01, 2007

Crime Fiction

Mystery

Ontario

A Constable Molly Smith Mystery: Rookie Constable Molly Smith and Sergeant John Winters search for a killer...

Organize Your Corpses

Mary Jane Maffini

Release Date: January 01, 2007

Crime Fiction

Cozy

Ontario

A Charlotte Adams Mystery: Charlotte Adams returns home to establish her personal organizing business.She's definitely not expecting to find her first client, the tyrannical retired teacher Helen "Hellfire" Henley, dead in a pile of debris...

A Journeyman to Grief

Maureen Jennings

Release Date: January 01, 2007

Historical Crime

Mystery

Ontario

A Detective Murdoch Mystery: Detective Murdoch is working on a murder case where the dead man, the owner of one of Toronto’s livery stables, was found horsewhipped and left hanging from his wrists in his tack room.

Where Trouble Leads

Brenda Chapman

Release Date: January 01, 2007

Juvenile/Young Adult

Mystery

Ontario

A Jennifer Bannon Mystery: Jennifer's summer in the isolated wilderness on Georgian Bay turns into a roller coaster ride of suspense and danger...

Hiding in Hawk’s Creek

Brenda Chapman

Release Date: January 01, 2006

Juvenile/Young Adult

Ontario

A Jennifer Bannon Mystery: Hawk's Creek holds dark secrets, and Jennifer is soon drawn into the troubled world of Audrey Musquash

Deadly Slipper

Michelle Wan

Release Date: January 01, 2006

Thriller

Ontario

A Novel of Death in the Dordogne: Mara Dunn seeks her sister Bedie, who vanished on a hiking holiday in southwestern France.

Quarrel with the Foe

Mel Bradshaw

Release Date: January 01, 2005

Historical Crime

Mystery

Ontario

Great War veteran Paul Shenstone is a police detective investigating an industrialist's murder in Prohibition-era Toronto.

Death in the Age of Steam

Mel Bradshaw

Release Date: April 16, 2004

Historical Mystery

Amateur Detective

Crime Fiction

Romantic Suspense

Mystery

Ontario

Isaac never managed to forget Theresa, despite her marriage to another man. Now her father’s dead, Theresa has disappeared - and only Isaac is asking questions.