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With a toddler and a town to watch out for, Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, have their hands…
Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, are entering a new chapter of life as parents to their six-month-old…
Corporal Belvedere, a Mountie scarred by a brutal past, and Surgeon Virgil Montgomery, a newcomer haunted by his own doubts,…
When Kausar Khan decided to move back to Toronto to be closer to her family, she didn't expect to have another murder investigation…
Journalist Cat Conway is looking forward to an easy assignment covering a major wellness and self-actualization summit at…
A gripping dual-timeline novel about the mysterious death of an indomitable female papyrologist during an archaeological…
Set in 1929, Rosie Ryan dreams of escaping Toronto’s rough Ward neighborhood by securing a position as a chambermaid at…
Lane struggles to distinguish friend from foe when a new case forces her to confront political intrigue, personal betrayal,…
Maude Kirby has recently been dumped by her diplomat husband and has returned to her quirky hometown of West Elk, BC, to…
Val Jenkins is stuck. A journalist for the Halifax Post, she's been writing a local books column for over a decade. But…
Private investigator Verona Montero hikes fifteen kilometers to a cliff-top lodge in the Canadian Badlands to dodge cheating…
On a weekend getaway for their true-crime book club, four women retreat to the sole cottage on isolated Snakebite Island.…
In the rural community of Beacon, Newfoundland, Rebecca Blake's plans for her summer vacation are interrupted when she becomes…
In the aftermath of her sister Mia’s untimely death, journalist Jacky Careen struggles to find meaning in both her life…
After a young constable is killed during what should have been a routine drug bust, Sergeant Janet Bostock is propelled…
Maggie, a mediocre angler, is escaping burnout by way of fly fishing. When dead bodies start popping up in her river, she…
In the fourth book in the series, Dr. Peter Bannerman’s brother Sam takes in three Bengal kittens after the previous owner,…
Belinda Bishop is unemployed and single. At thirty-two, her journalism career feels stuck, and let’s not even speak about…
Valerie Rankin, manager of the Gasper’s Cove Crafter’s Co-op, is ready for a successful Spring Craft Show, until the lights…
Heidi MacDonald is not qualified for her new job at the Legislature with Official Opposition. She has never voted, or can’t…
Verona Montero loves calling herself a private dick because it makes her sound like she’s in a 1940s detective movie. And…
After the unexpected death of her grandmother, Mary inherits her property and returns home to western Newfoundland with…
When talented interior designer Minna Halonen returns to her idyllic northern hometown after decades away, she's ready for…
When an eccentric woman is found murdered in her secluded home in the Cape Breton woods, Detective Gordie MacLean and his…
Haven’s Rock is a sanctuary town hidden deep in the Yukon for those who need to disappear from the regular world. Detective…
Haven’s Rock is a well-hidden town surrounded by forest. And it’s supposed to be, being that it’s a refuge for those who…
The night before the long-awaited return of the Highwater Revival Music Festival, an explosion shatters the calm—and among…
After her husband’s unexpected death twelve months earlier, Kausar Khan never thought she’d receive another phone call as…
Lane faces one of her most emotionally charged cases when a kidnapping exposes deep fractures within the community. As she…
In 1996, a twenty-year-old woman was murdered and found mutilated in a most disturbing way. Her body was ritualistically…
The long, frigid winters of Nova Scotia are perfect for crafting—but when a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm cuts off Gasper’s…
Lies, chaos, and an unexpected death—the hunt for a killer begins. When a blunder among the senior members threatens to…
When a feisty dude ranch owner, a woman of ‘a certain age,’ famous for dumping men and nailing murderers, teams up with…
It’s 1985, and Glenmere, Saskatchewan, is still reeling from past scandals when sixteen-year-old Amy Young stumbles upon…
When the “Society for Transcendent Understanding of Past-Life Identification and Discovery” rolls into town, Mason Valentine…
It’s the summer of 1976 and Alice and Tom set out on the remote Canadian highways in their new RV, hoping to heal their…
Patrick Bird, police academy burnout turned PI, works divorce cases, using his camera to catch the unfaithful and the lonely…
As a new crime unfolds, Detective Gordie MacLean finds himself drawn into a web ofintrigue that will not only test his skills…
Someone is delivering plates of scrumptious Nanaimo bars to every household in Nanaimo, and the people who eat them are…
Walter Biggar Bronson (a.k.a. Wart) and his friend Cindy meet a ghost one night after school. The small, mournful boy leads…
A heist, a town on edge, and a secret buried beneath the surface collide in this tense installment. Grave consequences await…
A new murder grips Lake Pines, and everyone is a suspect. As the investigation deepens, long‑standing tensions and hidden…
Monty defends a client accused of killing his wife, but the case quickly spirals into a tangle of lies, community tensions,…
A big-city journalist joins the staff of a small-town paper in cottage country and finds a community full of secrets … and…
Beginning with a dramatic explosion, this installment plunges Lane into a case involving sabotage, personal vendettas, and…
Peter Bannerman, veterinarian and amateur detective, deserves a summer vacation. Peter and his family head to a remote fishing…
A lot has changed at Rankin’s General. Valerie becomes the new manager, while her cousin Rollie opens a B&B with his librarian…
Valerie Rankin returns to Gasper's Cove just as a tumultuous mayoral election throws the small town into chaos. When her…
While recovering from a professional setback, documentary filmmaker Jane Duvall stays at a remote hotel during the off season…
When centenarian Senator Miles “The Tank” Valentine meets an electrifying end at his own resort, Highclere Inn & Carriage…
Leaving her past in Germany, Gretha Braun’s new life on Cape Breton Island Canada is cut short when she is brutally murdered.…
Deep in the Yukon wilderness, a town is being built. A place for people to disappear, a fresh start from a life on the run.…
One body. Several suspects. A secret capable of destroying lives. As investigators peel back layers of deception, they discover…
Spanning both world wars, this mystery forces Lane to confront old loyalties and buried histories. When a man disappears…
It’s springtime in rural Manitoba, and the snow has finally left the exotic animal farm when an ostrich finds and swallows…
Two generations ago, Winston Churchill’s greatest lie washed ashore in Nova Scotia. Before anyone can recover what was lost,…
Valerie Rankin, a seamstress and empty-nester, is determined to put Gasper’s Cove, Nova Scotia on the map by opening a crafter’s…
She's desperate to escape, but Glenmere has other plans.After the sudden death of her grandmother, sixteen-year-old Amy…
Crescent Cove, a small hamlet on Vancouver Island, is the last place out-of-work investigative journalist Luke Tremblay…
Caught up in an investigation that threatens the lives of those he loves, Detective Gordie MacLean and his partner are drawn…
It’s not always easy to live in the hidden town of Rockton, something Detective Casey Duncan knows firsthand. Tucked away…
After nearly thirty years behind bars for a murder he insists he didn’t commit, a man returns to Lake Pines—only for new…
A recent death threatens to unravel a carefully woven web of lies. Echoes of guilt reverberate through the town as investigators…
A Cold War mystery resurfaces when a letter from Berlin arrives decades late. Monty and Brennan uncover espionage, family…
It’s early spring 1948 and Lane arrives in New Denver to find that her friend, Peter Barisoff, is not at home. Instead,…
The Freemasons' Most Worshipful Grand Master has been murdered. His body has been laid out in the ritualistic Chamber of…
Peter is an odd duck, obsessed with logic and measurable facts, an obsession he puts to good use in his veterinary practice.…
In 1871 Chad Hobbes and his Tsimshian wife Lukswaas are on their way to England when Chad is asked to solve a new murder…
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is on break from duty in Three Pines to attend the famed Winter Carnival up north. He has…
Gordie MacLean, a 53-year-old bachelor detective is content minding his own patch of Cape Breton Island with its rugged…
Detective Casey Duncan has noticed fewer and fewer residents coming in to the hidden town of Rockton, and no extensions…
Even the most innocent residents of Lake Pines carry secrets—and one of those secrets has turned lethal. As the past resurfaces,…
An unidentified victim and international secrets thrust Lake Pines into a deadly conspiracy. Investigators must navigate…
A regatta at dawn turns deadly when a body is discovered, sending shockwaves through the quiet town of Lake Pines. As secrets…
Lane becomes involved in a case centered on a local schoolteacher and a troubling incident that threatens the community’s…
spectacular murder in a downtown hotel of a sixteen-year-old girl brings together seasoned police officers Sgt. Nicholas…
Crime has never been so funny. A corpse, a goat yoga disaster, a spitting llama, a mechanical bull gone berserk, and an…
No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, hidden deep in the wilderness of Quebec,…
Every season in Rockton seems to bring a new challenge. At least that's what Detective Casey Duncan has felt since she decided…
A DNA test and a cold case collide, pulling Lake Pines into a storm of revelations. As identities are questioned and loyalties…
A haunting crime from the past resurfaces during Lake Pines’ harsh winter. As temperatures drop, tensions rise, revealing…
When ominous signs and a murder coincide, Lake Pines is thrown into chaos. A flock of crows becomes an eerie symbol as investigators…
A corpse found at Deception Bay becomes the town’s worst nightmare as clues point toward a killer who knows how to hide…
Lane and Darling travel to Tucson for their honeymoon, only to witness a wealthy guest shot in broad daylight. Their romantic…
Sgt. Nicholas Myra is back with a vengeance, and he is out for blood. Years of investigating horrific crimes have become…
After a dinner-party clash between entrenched oil interests and liberal Hollywood insiders, only Michael and Tyrone, the…
After weeks of torture at the hands of Syria's secret police, the bombing of his villa in the ancient city of Aleppo, and…
Tulla Murphy's life has unraveled. Spurred by a loss that forces her to rethink all her plans, she retreats to the town…
The secret town of Rockton has seen some tough times lately; understandable considering its mix of criminals and victims…
As Lane prepares for her wedding, she assists an elderly Russian countess searching for her missing brother. A hunter’s…
In 2018, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary executed Operation Wormwood, an investigation into a mysterious disease that…
After retiring from a long career in accounting, Abby Foster expects a peaceful life, but those plans vanish when she and…
When Zoe and her teenage daughter discover an ice-covered corpse at her boss’s mountain chalet, ex-Mountie Lacey McCrae…
Private investigator Anne Brown works undercover at a seafood plant plagued by vandalism, loss, and bad luck. Meanwhile,residents…
The longer Oliver Brady stays in town, the more people seem to die around him. When evidence begins piling up that someone…
Twelve‑year‑old Bonnie MacDonald vanishes after a family party. Monty’s search pulls him into the Halifax music scene, exposing…
A young man is pulled from a sinking boat, gravely injured. As Darling and Ames hunt for his attacker, clues point toward…
An elderly man is carried into the emergency department of the Health Sciences Centre in St. John s, setting off a chain…
With her career in tatters and her marriage receding in the rear-view mirror, ex-RCMP corporal Lacey McCrae trades her uniform…
Sebastian Synard doesn’t want any more trouble than he already has. But when he leads a group of tourists along the cliffs…
Summer descends over the picturesque King’s Cove as Darling and Lane’s mutual affection blossoms. But their respite from…
Casey and her fellow Rockton sheriff’s deputy Will chase a cabin-fevered resident into the woods, where they are stranded…
For the first time in thirty years, all the signs have returned to the waters off The Shores. Signs of a presumed gone,…
Chaos is coming, old son. With those words the peace of Three Pines is shattered. Everybody goes to Olivier's Bistro―including…
Even the smallest, most idyllic communities have dangerous secrets. When the Hughes ladies—King Cove’s favourite mere et…
When Fiona MacGillivray refuses the bandit Paul Sheridan, it's up to her son to to save her. Book Three of the Klondike…
On a snowy day in December 1946, Lane Winslow—a former British intelligence agent who’s escaped to the rural Canadian community…
Casey Duncan is a homicide detective with a secret: when she was in college, she killed a man. She was never caught, but…
RCMP Inspector Coswell is back. A university professor is murdered and his corpse is revealed to a first year anatomy class…
Hardly a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged…
What would it be like to return to your hometown after twenty-five years in prison for a crime you have maintained you did…
It is 1946, and war-weary young ex-intelligence officer Lane Winslow leaves London to look for a fresh start. When she finds…
After a young woman claims the Virgin Mary appeared in Father Burke’s churchyard, Halifax is flooded with pilgrims and reporters.…
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…
In the ramshackle capital of one of the last colonies in North America, a few thousand settlers aspire to the values of…
When a female corpse is discovered meticulously dismembered and stashed in trash bags, Temperance detects an alarming pattern…
When the CEO of a muli-national corporation is found frozen to death under a pile of wheat in Crooked Lake, Saskatchewan,…
The Shores is celebrating a killer 200th anniversary. A skull tossed up on the beach sparks a heritage murder investigation.…
At first enjoying a peaceful retirement, former Quebec homicide detective Armand Gamache reluctantly agrees to help a neighbor…
Ellis Portal has resigned from solving mysteries. Or so he thinks. When a profound personal tragedy propels him into a puzzling…
Passionate environmentalist, old-time hippy Lucky Smith and Chief Constable of Trafalgar, British Columbia Paul Keller are…
As a teenager, Toni Murphy had a life full of typical adolescent complications: a boyfriend she adored, a younger sister…
When a distraught woman, Heather Simeon, is brought into the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit after a suicide attempt, Nadine…
When fire destroys their fishing lodge in Northern Saskatchewan it soon becomes evident that nothing will ever be the same…
Epidemic investigator Dr. Zol Szabo and his team are called to a panic’stricken high school in the heart of Ontario’s tobacco…
Herrings are falling from the sky over The Shores – an unusual phenomenon anywhere, but especially so in this case. A newcomer,…
In Three Pines Chief Inspector Armand Gamache investigates the disappearance of a woman who was once one of the most famous…
The year is 1898. The place is Dawson City, Yukon. A man staggers out of the dusk to collapse at the feet of a startled…
It's the end of March and Trafalgar, British Columbia, is preparing for the last influx of the seasonal skiers. Teachers,…
The High, a band with a few hit songs in the late 1970s, have reunited to play the nostalgia circuit at casinos. But for…
In Charlotte MacLeod’s A Dismal Thing to Do, Janet Rhys is thrust into a fight for survival after witnessing a truck crash…
For mounted policeman Madoc Rhys and his wife, Janet, the pains of traveling with an infant are worth taking young Dorothy…
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…
In a quiet small town in New Brunswick, old Agatha Treadway makes one last cranky complaint to her niece before dying on…
When word gets out that Dittany Monk, the sleuthing gardener of Lobelia Falls, is expecting twins, every knitter in town…
When Jenson Thorbisher-Freep announces an amateur theatrical contest, the women in the Grub-and-Stake gardening club race…
Zilla Trott is pouring her cat some chamomile tea when the drifter appears in her kitchen. He is grubby and crude—not at…
It's Christmas at The Shores. There's no snow yet, but there are so many outdoor lights that the tiny coastal village can…
At first this newly-dead body sprawled in a motel parking lot looks run of the mill; the corpse has a big boot print on…
Nicole Patterson is a young, green and very eager probationary constable with the Ontario Provincial Police. Although she…
Monty defends flamboyant lawyer Beau Delaney, accused of murdering his wife. Family secrets, a mysterious child, and fractures…
A German theologian is found nearly decapitated on a Halifax church altar during Vespers. Monty and Brennan navigate church…
Though Zol and his team have investigated every centimetre of Camelot Lodge, a residence for healthy seniors blessed with…
In an affluent city perched on Ontario’s Niagara Escarpment, residents begin turning up on the pathologist’s autopsy table…
Nothing big ever happens in The Shores. Ceilidhs, yes. Killings, no. That all changes when amateur sleuth, Hy McAllister…
"Hearts are broken," Lillian Dyson carefully underlined in a book. "Sweet relationships are dead." But now Lillian herself…
Fifteen years ago a young girl named Moonlight Smith went to her best friend Nicky Nowak's house for a sleepover. Moonlight…
At thirty-three Sara Gallagher is finally happy. Her antique furniture restoration business is taking off and she’s engaged…
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious…
When two men are found shot outside a Halifax bar, police call it a murder‑suicide, but Monty Collins isn’t convinced. His…
The third book in Roy Innes' mystery series sends RCMP Inspector Coswell and the newly promoted Sergeant Blakemore to the…
Vernard ‘Get’ McGetty is back from serving in Afghanistan, back dealing drugs in Detroit and looking to move up with his…
It's lobster season at The Shores, a fishing village isolated from The Island in a storm surge. Parker, a collector of antiquities,…
A year after the death of his beloved but troubled wife Catherine, John has moved into a new, but very humid, condo. He…
A newcomer to town has secrets Fiona doesn’t want revealed… Its the spring of 1898, and thousands of people, from all corners…
As the mountain town of Trafalgar, British Columbia, shakes off a long hard winter, famous photographer Rudolph Steiner…
Siblings Wendy and Jason Wyatt-Yarmouth and their friends have come to the peaceful mountain town of Trafalgar, B.C. to…
On the day she was abducted, Annie O’Sullivan, a 32-year-old realtor, had three goals - sell a house, forget about a recent…
t is the height of summer, and Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache are celebrating their wedding anniversary at Manoir Bellechasse,…
It’s the spring of 1898, and Dawson, Yukon Territory, is the most exciting town in North America. The great Klondike Gold…
In the mountain town of Trafalgar, British Columbia, a young woman is found dead of a heroin overdose, her baby lying at…
When a series of murders threatens the lives of an entire community in Vancouver, RCMP Corporal Paul Blakemore and Inspector…
Be careful what you wish for, his mother used to say. Yet how many times, in his twenty years defending the underprivileged,…
Trouble is brewing in the small, bucolic mountain town of Trafalgar, British Columbia. An American who came to Trafalgar…
It's Easter, and on a glorious Spring day in peaceful Three Pines, someone waits for night to fall. When Chief Inspector…
No one liked CC de Poitiers. Not her quiet husband, not her spineless lover, not her pathetic daughter—and certainly none…
Amateur sleuth Tom Austen can’t believe his luck when his dad, an officer on the Winnipeg police force, is placed in charge…
Easygoing Bart Bartowski doesn't like to stick his nose where it don't belong, but finds himself doing just that when his…
Autumn has arrived in Algonquin Bay, and with it an unusual spate of suicides. The most shocking yet is Cardinal’s wife…
According to detective John Cardinal, the truly diabolical thing about blackflies is their stealthy silence; there is no…
RCMP Corporal Paul Blakemore is jolted from his mundane policing duties in the small Monashee Mountain village of Bear Creek…
In the quiet Canadian town of Algonquin Bay, a frozen body has been found in an abandoned mine shaft. She is soon identified…
The fifth and final episode in Aubert's prize-winning series finds once-disgraced Toronto attorney Ellis Portal readmitted…
A gruesome discovery in the wilderness north of Algonquin Bay leads detectives John Cardinal and Lisa Delorme to a remote…
In this prequel to the earlier books in the series, Ellis Portal, the disgraced former judge turned sleuth, is taken back…
When artists, writers, and performers gather at the Banff Centre for the Arts, the serene mountain setting is meant to inspire…
In this final installment of the Charlie Salter mystery series, a sixty-something Salter struggles with the realities of…
Liz investigates a mystery tied to the legacy of artist Emily Carr. Art theft, historical secrets, and West Coast atmosphere…
Disgraced former judge and uncoventional sleuth Ellis Portal is recruited by the Toronto police to catch the killer of a…
A serious of seemingly routine deaths by exposure in Toronto are revealed to have a much more sinister origin when all the…
Tom Austen, an aspiring detective, finds himself in the midst of a murder plot while travelling on a three-day transcontinental…
When former biker Billy Bones grabs Liz Austen’s arm and gasps the password “NOEL”, Liz and her Métis friend Marie are hurled…
Ellis Portal had once been an esteemed judge. Now, he lives as a vagrant in the wilderness that runs through the heart of…
Tom Austen travels to Gjoa Haven on a school exchange trip, expecting cultural learning and Arctic adventure. Instead, he…
Reports of a werewolf terrorizing a small town draw Tom and Liz into a case where folklore meets foul play. The truth is…
The Prairie Dog Conspiracy puts Tom Austen in the middle of a snowy mystery as he travels aboard the historic Prairie Dog…
When Tom and Liz Austen arrive at West Edmonton Mall with their father—who is helping train mall security—they’re expecting…
Liz Austen travels to Prince Edward Island for a mystery‑themed weekend at Green Gables, thrilled to explore the real‑life…
After surviving a violent Pacific storm, Tom and Liz Austen land on Nearby Island, a rainforest shrouded in secrets. Strange…
Strange attacks in Ottawa spark rumours of vampires. Tom investigates the unsettling incidents, discovering a criminal scheme…
Tom and Liz Austen travel to the Kootenays to visit their grandmother and cousin, expecting a quiet stay in the mountains.…
When Tom witnesses a kidnapping, he’s pulled into a dangerous chase through Vancouver’s streets and waterfront. The city’s…
A political scandal erupts when Manitoba’s Golden Boy statue becomes the centre of a crime. Tom uncovers corruption and…
In Death by Degrees, Inspector Charlie Salter investigates the murder of a dean at Bathurst Community College, a case that…
Charlie Salter investigates the murder of actor Alec Hunter, who was found dead in a sleazy hotel. The investigation reveals…
While vacationing with his family on Prince Edward Island, Toronto Detective Inspector Charlie Salter finds himself assisting…
Final Cut by Eric Wright follows Inspector Charlie Salter as he investigates a film set plagued by sabotage, including a…
Special Affairs Inspector Charlie Salter and Chief Investigator Sergeant Mel Pickett are tasked with the sensitive murder…
Inspector Charlie Salter investigates a string of anonymous threatening letters sent to Yorkville merchants, a case that…
Trouble in the Brasses
Part of: Madoc and Janet Rhys Mysteries
British Columbia, 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…
The tiny New Brunswick village was a lifetime away from the world of a New York fashion model, but a freak accident had…
The Grub-and-Stakers gardening club has traditionally limited its activities to serving tea and gossiping about wildflowers,…
Anyone growing up in Lobelia Falls is taught to learn the elegant, ancient, and occasionally deadly art of shooting with…
In The Man Who Changed His Name, Inspector Charlie Salter investigates the murder of Nancy Cowell, a woman who met her killer…
Death in the Old Country is a mystery novel by Eric Wright featuring Toronto Police Inspector Charlie Salter. While vacationing…
In "Smoke Detector," Inspector Charlie Salter investigates the death of an antiques dealer who died in a fire later proven…
Inspector Charlie Salter, a detective with the Toronto Police Department, is assigned to solve the murder of Professor David…
A supposed haunting draws Tom and Liz to a historic Nova Scotia manor. As eerie events escalate, the siblings uncover a…
Tom and Liz explore the mysterious halls of Casa Loma, uncovering clues to a long‑hidden treasure. Secret passages, old…
A bomb threat grips Winnipeg, and Tom finds himself entangled in a plot that tests his courage and deductive skills. The…