Crime Writers of Canada - Book Catalogue

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Mezcalero is the first book in the Detective Sánchez chronicles. Rich in detail, this is an absorbing tale that shines light into the dark corners of Mexico's pervasive and devastating world of organized crime.

The Heart Balm Tort

Janet Kellough

Preacher Thaddeus Lewis investigates seduction, arson and murder in London, Canada West. When his granddaughter Martha is threatened by the killer, Thaddeus gets some unexpected help from an old adversary - con-artist and fraudster Clementine Elliott

Drop Dead: A Horrible History of Hanging in Canada

Lorna Poplak

It started with a double murder. It ended with a double hanging. And sandwiched between were crimes of passion, smuggling, assassination, and even treason. The strangest part? It all happened in Canada.

30,000 Secrets

Jonathan McCormick

Agent Jessica Fukishura, a Torontonian and martial artist struggling with demons, sexuality and disdain for the male population in general and law enforcement in particular.

The Trickster's Lullaby

Barbara Fradkin

A winter camping trip turns deadly as two missing teenagers, a twisted love triangle, and the spectre of radicalism create turmoil in the remote Laurentian wilderness.

Body on Baker Street

Vicki Delany

The unusually perceptive Gemma Doyle and her confused but ever-loyal friend Jayne Wilson return in the second in the "charming" Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series.

Winner's Loss

Mel Bradshaw

In the fertile artistic milieu of 1927 Toronto, a painter is dead. Detective Sergeant Paul Shenstone won’t rest until he finds out why. (135 characters)

The Fenian Season A Canadian Historical Thriller

Jaroslav (Jerry) Petryshyn

It's 1866 and John A. has a problem.The Fenians in the Northern U.S. are planning an invasion of British North America.

An Old Cold Grave

Iona Whishaw

Gwen felt a wave of horror sweep through her. She could see, soil encrusted and stained the colour of dark tea, some delicate bones, with shreds of decaying cloth. The bones were most certainly human.

Before It's Too Late

Sara Driscoll

FBI handler Meg Jennings and her trusted search-and-rescue Lab, Hawk, must race against the clock before a diabolical killer strikes again.

Full Curl

Dave Butler

When National Park Warden Jenny Willson discovers that trophy animals are being slaughtered in Canada's mountain parks, how far will she go in a cross-border race for justice?

Cod Only Knows

Hilary MacLeod

Finally, readers of The Shores Mystery series will meet Abel, the man whose been lurking in the background through five books. Cod Only Knows is a fish story about the one that got away - a 300 lb. giant cod that trails murder and mayhem in its wake.

Murder Among Thieves

L Nesbitt-Baggerman

Stolen gems, a notorious murder, the girl who knows: a mystery Matthew Traverse must solve – even if it kills him.

Matanzas

Garry Ryan

His psyche still reeling from having to kill a criminal in the line of duty, Calgary’s Detective Lane flies to Cuba to celebrate the wedding of his beloved niece. While there, though, he finds himself drafted by the local police into investigating the murder of a Canadian tourist.

Beyond Faith

Sharon A. Crawford

Short Teaser

Fraternal twins Dana Bowman and Bast Overture are thrust into a twisted scenario of extortion, stalking, fire, vandalism, secret adoptions, a bank robbery, assault, and murders.

Purple Palette for Murder

R.J. Harlick

Her husband arrested for murder, Meg flies to Yellowknife, where she races to unravel a sordid trail of family secrets and greed to prove his innocence.

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.

White Sand Blues

Vicki Delany

Paramedic Ashley Grant is thrown into the deep end when she arrives at her new job in the tiny Caribbean country of the Victoria and Albert Islands to be picked up at the airport by the island's only ambulance.

The Moscow Code

Nick Wilkshire

In Moscow, the truth can be a dangerous commodity.

Knock Knock

Debra Purdy Kong

Violent home invasions and a brutal assault disrupt Casey’s personal and professional life, but she needs to stop a killer before more people die.

The Moscow Code

Nick Wilkshire

In Moscow, the truth can be a dangerous commodity.

Blood Tail

Michael Kent

Lieutenant Beaudry inherits a bloodbath in upper Westmount, the richest postal code in Canada. A prominent lawyer and TV host beaten and shot, his bodyguard hacked to death. A Russian money-laundering operation, a psychopathic Korean playboy, a sleazy private eye, and an international hit team are somehow connected, and Beaudry must close the case without shooting anyone. Meanwhile, his ex-wife has run off in his vintage muscle car, and Internal Affairs is poking around-in other words, he’s having a normal week.

Folded Dreams

Michael Kent

It’s bad publicity for the city when the businesswoman of the year is murdered execution style. Officials want the case solved fast. Reinstated after a suspension for a fast trigger, Beaudry teams up with a new recruit. She’s smart, full of Irish wit and has a smile warm enough to melt titanium. As the April weather heats up so does the chemistry between the partners. Beaudry’s no rulebook tactics gets them in the cross-hairs of a hit squad as the body count multiplies and the case spirals into international proportions implicating terrorists, crooked financiers, local politicians and a mob hit-man.

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