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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 Winslow is known in her idyllic British Columbia laketown of King's Cove for a bad habit of finding dead bodies. This…
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…
Maggie, a mediocre angler, is escaping burnout by way of fly fishing. When dead bodies start popping up in her river, she…
Belinda Bishop is unemployed and single. At thirty-two, her journalism career feels stuck, and let’s not even speak about…
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…
When talented interior designer Minna Halonen returns to her idyllic northern hometown after decades away, she's ready for…
Raising teenagers is hard: a constant tug-of-war between respecting boundaries and encouraging independence. But what happens…
Leaves are turning red in cottage country, and Charley Scott is putting together a Halloween pulp art installation inspired…
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…
It’s 1985, and Glenmere, Saskatchewan, is still reeling from past scandals when sixteen-year-old Amy Young stumbles upon…
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…
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…
Officer Kala Stonechild, who has left her Northern Ontario detachment to join a specialized Ottawa crime unit, is tasked…
Tempe is pulled into the investigation when she examines remains from a supposed lightning strike victim in Montreal. A…
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…
She's desperate to escape, but Glenmere has other plans.After the sudden death of her grandmother, sixteen-year-old Amy…
Charley Scott is thrilled to be running a summer pop-up gallery in cottage country. Returning to the lakeside village, not…
Ottawa lawyer and victims’ advocate Camilla MacPhee has finally agreed to elope to Cape Breton with her long-time partner,…
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…
It’s early spring 1948 and Lane arrives in New Denver to find that her friend, Peter Barisoff, is not at home. Instead,…
Stinging deaths aren't uncommon in the summertime, but when Henry Wiest turns up stung to death at an Indian reservation,…
Nothing exciting ever happens on Darby's Island, Newfoundland. That is until one summer afternoon in 1975 when a Chevy towing…
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…
Computer expert and former marathon runner Naya continues to recover after a serious multiple sclerosis attack, and settles…
It’s late summer and a restless Officer Kala Stonechild has taken her foster niece, Dawn, on a canoe trip at Pine Hollow…
Unexpectedly called in to the Charlotte PD’s Cold Case Unit, Dr. Temperance Brennan wonders why she’s been asked to meet…
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…
Randy and Steve have finally tied the knot and head south to Puerto Vallarta to celebrate. Unfortunately, Randy’s romantic…
Tulla Murphy's life has unraveled. Spurred by a loss that forces her to rethink all her plans, she retreats to the town…
As Lane prepares for her wedding, she assists an elderly Russian countess searching for her missing brother. A hunter’s…
Private investigator Anne Brown works undercover at a seafood plant plagued by vandalism, loss, and bad luck. Meanwhile,residents…
A young man is pulled from a sinking boat, gravely injured. As Darling and Ames hunt for his attacker, clues point toward…
Summer descends over the picturesque King’s Cove as Darling and Lane’s mutual affection blossoms. But their respite from…
When Claire and Bram's only child dies suddenly, it at first appears to be a case of crib death. But when the real cause…
Summer on Vancouver Island starts with the discovery of a dead homeless man. The autopsy reveals a combination of heroin…
For the first time in thirty years, all the signs have returned to the waters off The Shores. Signs of a presumed gone,…
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…
As winter closes in and the roads snow over in Dawson City, Yukon, newly arrived journalist Jo Silver investigates the dubious…
Linda Moore's longawaited sequel to Foul Deeds is another highly engaging mix of art and environmental justice. Finally…
Holly Martin must find a dangerous sexual offender before he strikes again. Corporal Holly Martin's small RCMP detachment…
When the body of a missing heiress was discovered, Temperance Brennan and Lieutenant Ryan accompanied the remains from Montreal…
Walter Desmond is back in Trafalgar, British Columbia, having been officially exonerated when new evidence showed corruption…
It is 1946, and war-weary young ex-intelligence officer Lane Winslow leaves London to look for a fresh start. When she finds…
Naya had the perfect life. Co-owner of a fast growing security software company, she ran marathons in her spare time. Suddenly…
In 2001, a Canadian police constable murders his girlfriend in a fit of jealous rage. When he realizes what he's done, he…
Anxiety is the watchword at most school reunions, with side-eye comparisons of greying hair and extra pounds around the…
Tempe investigates the charred remains of a nun in Montreal, uncovering links to deaths at a remote Quebec monastery. The…
When a female corpse is discovered meticulously dismembered and stashed in trash bags, Temperance detects an alarming pattern…
Wherever Randy Craig goes, trouble seems to follow. With the help of her friend Denise, Randy has landed a summer job with…
John Lowery was declared dead in 1968—the victim of a Huey crash in Vietnam, his body buried long ago in North Carolina.…
Edie Kiglatuk works as a summer school teacher in the Canadian arctic. When one of her female students is found dead in…
The Shores is celebrating a killer 200th anniversary. A skull tossed up on the beach sparks a heritage murder investigation.…
Passionate environmentalist, old-time hippy Lucky Smith and Chief Constable of Trafalgar, British Columbia Paul Keller are…
The year is 1929 and Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Willa Cather and her partner Edith Lewis are summering on Grand Manan,…
Despite her best efforts to lead a peaceful life, murder, mystery and mayhem continue to follow reluctant sleuth Randy Craig.…
For anyone other than Randy Craig, a contract to do archival research and web development for Alberta's famed Rutherford…
Bones Are Forever
by Kathy Reichs
Part of: Temperance Brennan
Alberta, Northwest Territories, Quebec
Women Sleuths
Tempe begins the case in Montreal before traveling to the Northwest Territories and Alberta to track a missing woman and…
Tempe investigates skeletal remains found in the basement of a Montreal pizza restaurant. The bones point to a decades‑old…
A biker‑gang war erupts in Montreal, pulling Tempe into a violent world of outlaw motorcycle clubs. When her nephew becomes…
Herrings are falling from the sky over The Shores – an unusual phenomenon anywhere, but especially so in this case. A newcomer,…
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,…
A professional criminologist, Rosalind works with a cranky private investigator named McBride—a long-time association that…
A young widow, orphan and mother, Wilhelmina Anne Brown is just beginning to find some stability in her new home in Prince…
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…
Nicole Patterson is a young, green and very eager probationary constable with the Ontario Provincial Police. Although she…
Half Inuit and half outsider, Edie Kiglatuk is the best guide in her corner of the Arctic. But as a woman, she gets only…
Nothing big ever happens in The Shores. Ceilidhs, yes. Killings, no. That all changes when amateur sleuth, Hy McAllister…
Fifteen years ago a young girl named Moonlight Smith went to her best friend Nicky Nowak's house for a sleepover. Moonlight…
It's lobster season at The Shores, a fishing village isolated from The Island in a storm surge. Parker, a collector of antiquities,…
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…
The sparsely populated Arctic is no stranger to murder. The fourth in the Meg Harris series follows Meg’s adventures into…
One of Canada’s best-loved sleuths returns in her sixth hair-raising adventure. Victims’ advocate Camilla MacPhee is following…
Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef is recovering from a bad year, and a traumatic back operation that has left her in the…
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…
In the third action-packed thriller of the West Quebec series, Meg Harris is back more determined than ever to fight against…
Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef has lived all her days in the small town of Port Dundas and is now making her way toward…
RCMP Corporal Holly Martin takes charge of her first post, a detachment in tiny Fossil Bay on the wild south coast of Vancouver…
Trouble is brewing in the small, bucolic mountain town of Trafalgar, British Columbia. An American who came to Trafalgar…
Poor Fiona Silk is broke again. Her romance writing career is tanking, and her tiny house in the lovely community of St.…
Belle Palmers old high-school boyfriend rents a property on her road. Zoologist Gary Myers is studying the behaviour of…
A young Québécoise sneaks off to meet her Algonquin lover in an isolated hunting camp on the Migiskan Reserve. Five days…
Northern Ontario realtor Belle Palmer is showing the lakefront mansion of a prominent businesswoman when she discovers the…
Remembrance Day is a proud day for Camilla MacPhee’s good friend, Mrs. Violet Parnell, one of five thousand Canadian women…
It’s Labour Day, Camilla’s favourite weekend of the year. She’s planning to relax and ponder what’s happening in her relationship…
In the third Belle Palmer mystery, Belle takes her friend and employee on a snowshoe trek. Miriam MacDonald brings her spoiled…
As if it weren’t bad enough being a failed romance writer with no sex life, poor Fiona Silk has to cope with the spectacularly…
Former University of Alberta lecturer Randy Craig is now working part-time at Edmonton's Grant MacEwan College, and struggling…
In the third Camilla MacPhee Mystery, Camilla’s looking forward to cutting loose at Ottawa’s Bluesfest, the huge open-air…
In the sequel to Northern Winters Are Murder, it’s now high summer in Northern Ontario, where everyone is bear bait, even…
When artists, writers, and performers gather at the Banff Centre for the Arts, the serene mountain setting is meant to inspire…
In the second Camilla MacPhee mystery, it’s now forty below in Canada’s capital, but victims’ advocate Camilla is feeling…
How dangerous can words be? The University of Alberta's English Department is caught up in a maelstrom of poison-pen letters,…
Liz investigates a mystery tied to the legacy of artist Emily Carr. Art theft, historical secrets, and West Coast atmosphere…
Another freezing winter descends in seeming peace upon the Northern Ontario lake where realtor Belle Palmer lives genteelly…
Camilla MacPhee is the black sheep of her perfect, blonde family, although she runs a law office specializing in Justice…
It is glorious August in Saskatchewan, and baseball writer Kate Henry is on a road trip home. Accompanied by her partner,…
With the boys of baseball out on strike, Kate Henry finds herself with time on her hands. Passing on the chance to sit in…
Spring training takes a grim turn when sports journalist Kate Henry and a fellow reporter find a local freelancer, Lucy…
As the baseball season heats up, a serial killer stalks young boys on the streets of Toronto. While sportswriter Kate Henry’s…
For the first time in their history, the Toronto Titans are on a winning streak and headed for the World Series—a dream…
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…