Books by Howard Engel
Howard Engel was a Canadian mystery author and CBC producer. He is best known for creating the character Benny Cooperman, a Jewish detective, and made significant contributions to the mystery genre. Engel was also a novelist, cartoonist, story writer, and poet, showcasing his diverse talents in the literary field.
Benny is, as always, desperate for paying work, but he flatly refuses an invitation to work for Grantham’s most notorious…
It all starts with a noisy toilet. Benny's janitor, Kogan, is too preoccupied with the death of his girlfriend, Lizzy Oldridge,…
Benny Cooperman is sure that toxic waste isn’t something you should spend too much time thinking about—it just isn’t good…
Benny Cooperman, Grantham’s soft-boiled private eye, finds himself mixed up in the art world. More out of water a fish can’t…
When Saul Tepperman, a member of Ontario’s B'nai Shalom synagogue, reaches out to his childhood acquaintance Benny Cooperman,…
Benny Cooperman is camped out at a Petawawa fishing lodge, tasked with guarding a famous televangelist hiding from a pending…
Niagara Falls is overrun with Hollywood types shooting a film, but private investigator Benny Cooperman isn't scouting for…
It’s February in Ontario, and Benny Cooperman’s private investigation business is as frozen as the landscape—until Muriel…
When Myrna Yates visits private investigator Benny Cooperman to look into her husband Chester’s suspected infidelity, what…