Books by Charlotte MacLeod

Charlotte MacLeod, born in New Brunswick, Canada, and a naturalized U.S. citizen, was the multi-award-winning author of over thirty acclaimed novels. Canada provides a backdrop for the amusing Grub-and-Stakers cozies written under the pseudonym Alisa Craig and the almost-police procedurals starring Madoc Rhys, RCMP.

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A Dismal Thing to Do

Part of: Madoc and Janet Rhys Mysteries

New Brunswick

Mystery

Janet Rhys is driving through the backwoods of Canada when she sees the truck ahead of her lose control, smash into a snow…

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Trouble in the Brasses

Part of: Madoc and Janet Rhys Mysteries

New Brunswick

Mystery

Although he is a decorated officer of the Mounted Police, Madoc Rhys's tin ear has long been an embarrassment to his musically…

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The Wrong Rite

Part of: Madoc and Janet Rhys Mysteries

New Brunswick

Mystery

For mounted policeman Madoc Rhys and his wife, Janet, the pains of traveling with an infant are worth taking young Dorothy…

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Murder Goes Mumming

Part of: Madoc and Janet Rhys Mysteries

New Brunswick

Mystery

Though he may not look the part, Madoc Rhys is a Mountie—and his keen sense of detection tells him it's time to ask Janet…

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A Pint of Murder

Part of: Madoc and Janet Rhys Mysteries

New Brunswick

Mystery

In a quiet small town in New Brunswick, old Agatha Treadway makes one last cranky complaint to her niece before dying on…

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The Grub-And-Stakers Spin a Yarn

Part of: Grub-and-Stakers

Ontario

Mystery

When word gets out that Dittany Monk, the sleuthing gardener of Lobelia Falls, is expecting twins, every knitter in town…

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The Grub-And-Stakers Pinch a Poke

Part of: Grub-and-Stakers

Ontario

Mystery

When Jenson Thorbisher-Freep announces an amateur theatrical contest, the women in the Grub-and-Stake gardening club race…

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The Grub-and-Stakers House a Haunt

Part of: Grub-and-Stakers

Ontario

Mystery

Zilla Trott is pouring her cat some chamomile tea when the drifter appears in her kitchen. He is grubby and crude—not at…

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The Grub-and-Stakers Quilt a Bee

Part of: Grub-and-Stakers

Ontario

Mystery

The Grub-and-Stakers gardening club has traditionally limited its activities to serving tea and gossiping about wildflowers,…

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The Grub-And-Stakers Move a Mountain

Part of: Grub-and-Stakers

Ontario

Mystery

Anyone growing up in Lobelia Falls is taught to learn the elegant, ancient, and occasionally deadly art of shooting with…