🏆 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.
A craftsman spiked to the lawn by his own artwork, a vanished magician, and big trouble for Cst. Dion and the North Van RCMP
England, 1873. Clara Blackstone has just been released after one year in a private asylum for the insane. Clara has two goals: to reunite with her husband, Henry, and to never—ever—return to the asylum. As she enters Durham, Clara finds her carriage surrounded by a mob gathered to witness the imprisonment of Mary Ann Cotton—England’s first female serial killer—accused of poisoning nearly twenty people, including her husbands and children.
Anna is on a mission to find out how and why her sister Birdie disappeared. Will she ever be able to uncover the truth? This addictive thriller will keep you guessing until the last twist.
When Thousand Islands bookstore owner Shelby Cox finds a body wedged between her houseboat and the dock, her sleuthing leads to the crime scene on Blye Island, site of her bookstore and the last spot the victim was seen. With too many suspects, it could lead to a deadly last chapter for the determined sleuth.
Sage Miller is knee deep in fashion designers-whether she wants them in her new vintage boutique or not.
A box goes missing in the state archives, and no one is entirely sure of its contents. The police aren’t interested in investigating the case. A young journalist looking into its disappearance is struggling to recover from his last article, which caused a scandal at his newspaper. He is paired up with a senior journalist who is not well-liked in the organization. As they start investigating the disappearance of the box, they quickly realize that it is connected to other incidents—one with deadly consequences. As they start getting closer to the truth, they find that no one wants the contents to be made public. They are unsure of whom to trust, and the story has the makings of a deep-rooted conspiracy. Help and resistance both come from unlikely sources. Any action they take will have profound personal consequences for the people involved and create a nationwide uproar. In the midst of an election, there are too many powerful forces working against them. They must decide how far they want to go and whether solving the mystery of the missing papers is worth the price and the risks.
Private Investigator Jorja Knight digs into a murder case and uncovers a dangerous hidden plot about to unfold.
A DNA test, a cold case and a suspect on the run. Follow the chase in the fifth book of The Lake Pines Murder Mystery Series.
When Hilly and her sister Vesta get a free weekend at a new spa, they expect relaxation. Instead they get murder and secrets.
Henry Lysyk’s life is a mess. With his marriage and career over, a fifty-year old mystery could save him - or finish him off.
Death from drug overdose at the local high school leads Cameron and Carroll to investigate a sailing ship for at-risk teens.
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