Every age has its shadow side, including the sunny, affluent 1950s
It’s time for spirits to come out and play in the ninth Year-Round Christmas mystery by national bestselling author Vicki Delany.
When an accountant is murdered after receiving confidential records of illicit transactions, RCMP Inspector William Fox uncovers a conspiracy involving fentanyl trafficking.
Cybercrime, illegal gambling, and billions laundered through bitcoin fraud.
When his paraplegic, investigative journalist brother discovers evidence implicating a powerful triad leader, assassins, target them both.
The story of Jane Doe #59 and my relentless search for her killer
The Ploughman’s Harvest, the fourth and final installment in Gil Waugh’s popular Sandalwood Investigation Agency series, delivers the heart-pounding suspense, vivid historical settings, and intricate plotting that have become the hallmarks of Waugh’s work. In this thrilling tale of secrets, betrayal, and the price of keeping the truth buried, the past collides with the present with devastating consequences.
A family vanishes without a trace, but things soon take a fatal turn.
The Admiral's Daughter is a wartime novel of intrigue, love and loss: A dark secret. A forbidden romance. A desperate race against time.
Who killed Franklin Fogg?
Franklin Fogg was dead. Very dead. Face smashed in, blood pooled around his crumpled body. Strachan University’s most controversial professor, Fogg was well-known even beyond academic circles---charismatic, confrontational, media-savvy.
And now very dead in a very public way.
Rachel Tile---in life Fogg’s academic nemesis---must find out who murdered Fogg and whether the killing is somehow related to a terrible wave of student suicides that have rocked the university to its core.
When is it time to play by the rules? And when is it time to burn the rule book?
Reg has always hated reading. Now a book might be her undoing.
Asheville, North Carolina, Christmas 1988. The annual Jingle Bell Rock Star contests are the season’s biggest draw. But when a local winner turns up dead, the holiday season takes a darker turn—and the merriest time is suddenly the deadliest.
Detective Grace Morgan is sharp, practical, and all business. Her partner, Mike Jenkins, is a wisecracker who can turn even a crime scene into a bad joke. Together, they follow the trail of jingle bells through Asheville’s holiday frenzy, where every smile hides a secret and winning the contest may be the fastest way to end up six feet under.
Who do you trust when playing a game no one can afford to lose?
Lila Birch launches a wintry search for the murderer of an academic colleague.
A tense thriller about a reclusive grandmother forced to confront her darkest fears to protect her family from danger.
When a junk-removal man unzips a duffel bag in an abandoned warehouse, what he finds should have stayed buried.
With Ember spiraling out of control Reg embarks on a perilous quest to Drakuntsee, a legendary dragon colony.
A disgraced reporter returns to a small Quebec town, where corruption, buried secrets and a deadly past refuse to stay hidden.
In Hollywood North, a faded soap star dies on set. Cait Morgan investigates a cast of quirky moviemakers and reveals secrets behind the silver screen.
ARTHROPOD CITY HAS A NEW DETECTIVE...
After a science demonstration destroys his classroom, Ory's punishment is supposed to be simple: file scrolls at the police department and stay out of trouble.
But when the richest bug in Arthropod City is squashed, the investigation lands on his uncle's desk. The evidence points to Ory's favorite teacher. Everyone believes it — except Ory.
Too curious. Too stubborn.
Ory can't resist digging where he shouldn't.
Exactly the wrong insect for this case — and exactly the right one.
Four mysteries. Four musical sets. One reluctant sleuth.
Who do you trust when you can't trust yourself?
Dr. Catryn Scott knows she wasn't involved in her husband's disappearance. Or was she?
A compulsively readable novel about ordinary people doing very bad things will captivate you from the first page to the last.
Hilary Davidson delivers a tense, morally charged thriller about loyalty, guilt, and the price of protecting the people you love.
Dunk River Murders follows the adventures of Maggie, a mediocre angler, who is escaping burnout by way of fly fishing. When dead bodies start popping up in her river, she feels compelled to solve the murder if only to regain some peace in her favorite fishing spot.
The investigation of a brutal murder on Canada Day occupies Lila Birch as she navigates a budding romance.
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