Mysteries set in British Columbia
Discover mystery stories set in the beautiful province of British Columbia
Books Set in British Columbia (83)
Maude Kirby has recently been dumped by her diplomat husband and has returned to her quirky hometown of West Elk, BC, to…
A False and Fatal Claim
by Iona Whishaw
Part of: Lane Winslow Mystery
Cozy, Historical, Women Sleuths
Lane Winslow is known in her idyllic British Columbia laketown of King's Cove for a bad habit of finding dead bodies. This…
After a young constable is killed during what should have been a routine drug bust, Sergeant Janet Bostock is propelled…
On a dark night in False Creek, a distraught young woman jumps from the Granville Bridge. PI Dave Wakeland rescues Nicola…
Lane faces one of her most emotionally charged cases when a kidnapping exposes deep fractures within the community. As she…
The Last Exile
by Sam Weibe
Part of: Wakeland
Noir, Police Procedural, Private Investigator, Suspense
Maggie Zito is being held for murder. The volatile single mother is accused of killing the retired leader of the notorious…
Invasion of the IQ Snatchers
by Arthur Slade
Part of: Canadian Chills
Juvenile, Middle Grade, Paranormal
Someone is delivering plates of scrumptious Nanaimo bars to every household in Nanaimo, and the people who eat them are…
In September 1933, at Wewelsburg Castle in Bavaria, the Nazi elite unleashed an ancient force upon the world—one of the…
Lightning Strikes the Silence
by Iona Whishaw
Part of: Lane Winslow Mystery
Cozy, Historical, Women Sleuths
Beginning with a dramatic explosion, this installment plunges Lane into a case involving sabotage, personal vendettas, and…
Arthur Beauchamp is mortified. A biography of his early career as a lawyer paints him as a dissolute womanizer. So he sweats…
While recovering from a professional setback, documentary filmmaker Jane Duvall stays at a remote hotel during the off season…
11th-century France, Pope Urban II commands a clandestine gathering under a cloak of secrecy. The quest? To secure ancient…
Crescent Cove, a small hamlet on Vancouver Island, is the last place out-of-work investigative journalist Luke Tremblay…
No one knows what happened to Tabitha Sorensen. The brilliant but troubled student seems to have vanished, leaving a deadly…
Chelsea Loam vanished eleven years ago. When Vancouver PI Dave Wakeland is hired to find what happened to the missing woman,…
The Judas Legacy
by W.M. Leesman
Part of: The Apocalypse
Espionage, kidnapping, Paranormal, Political, Thriller
Masada, AD 73. As the Roman X Legion closes in, the defenders of the ancient fortress make a final, desperate decision-hide…
The mayor’s brother is missing. A transit cop lies beaten and blinded, her service weapon stolen. A new series of graffiti…
To Track a Traitor
by Iona Whishaw
Part of: Lane Winslow Mystery
Cozy, Espionage, Historical, Women Sleuths
Spanning both world wars, this mystery forces Lane to confront old loyalties and buried histories. When a man disappears…
Framed in Fire
by Iona Whishaw
Part of: Lane Winslow Mystery
Cozy, Historical, Indigenous, Women Sleuths
It’s early spring 1948 and Lane arrives in New Denver to find that her friend, Peter Barisoff, is not at home. Instead,…
Dr. Tim Dare is a forensic psychiatrist whose life is in a mess: his wife has just left him to find herself; his mother…
In one moment of public violence, everything changes for Dave Wakeland. When masked men and women storm an office building…
I'll See You in My Dreams
Part of: Arthur Beauchamp
Coastal, Humor, Indigenous, Legal, Rural, Suspense
Arthur Beauchamp, after a successful and much-lauded career at the criminal bar, is now retired to Garibaldi Island. His…
Is someone systematically killing the judges called to the British Columbian bar? At least one has been murdered and several…
Lane becomes involved in a case centered on a local schoolteacher and a troubling incident that threatens the community’s…
In this zany political thriller, the leader of the despotic Asian nation of Bhashyistan declares war on Canada after a limo…
Lawyer Arthur Beauchamp is facing the most explosive trial of his career: the defence of seven boisterous environmentalists…
A Match Made for Murder
by Iona Whishaw
Part of: Lane Winslow Mystery
Cozy, Historical, Travel, Women Sleuths
Lane and Darling travel to Tucson for their honeymoon, only to witness a wealthy guest shot in broad daylight. Their romantic…
Into a tenuous calm left behind by the War in the Woods-which pitted environmentalists against loggers, and resulted in…
A Deceptive Devotion
by Iona Whishaw
Part of: Lane Winslow Mystery
Cozy, Espionage, Historical, Women Sleuths
As Lane prepares for her wedding, she assists an elderly Russian countess searching for her missing brother. A hunter’s…
Montreal journalist Lou Sabatino, under witness protection after nearly being gunned down by the Mafia, is sucked into the…
An Element of Risk
by Don Easton
Part of: Jack Taggart Mystery
Hard-Boiled, Police Procedural, Smuggling
Jack Taggart discovers the guns are being smuggled into Canada from the United States. After a fellow officer is murdered…
It Begins in Betrayal
by Iona Whishaw
Part of: Lane Winslow Mystery
Espionage, Historical, Women Sleuths
Summer descends over the picturesque King’s Cove as Darling and Lane’s mutual affection blossoms. But their respite from…
After Dylan Maples's terrifying adventure in Alberta, the holiday his "parental units" plan in British Columbia's Rocky…
A Sorrowful Sanctuary
by Iona Whishaw
Part of: Lane Winslow Mystery
Cozy, Historical, Political, Women Sleuths
A young man is pulled from a sinking boat, gravely injured. As Darling and Ames hunt for his attacker, clues point toward…
Arthur Beauchamp, the scholarly, self-doubting legend of the B.C. criminal bar, is enjoying his retirement on B.C.’s Garibaldi…
Death in a Darkening Mist
by Iona Whishaw
Part of: Lane Winslow Mystery
Espionage, Historical, Women Sleuths
On a snowy day in December 1946, Lane Winslow—a former British intelligence agent who’s escaped to the rural Canadian community…
Even the smallest, most idyllic communities have dangerous secrets. When the Hughes ladies—King Cove’s favourite mere et…
She Felt No Pain
by Lou Allin
Part of: Holly Martin Mystery
Police Procedural, Small Town, Women Sleuths
Summer on Vancouver Island starts with the discovery of a dead homeless man. The autopsy reveals a combination of heroin…
After the new leader of the Satans Wrath Motorcycle Club ordered the murder and torture of three people ― one who was wrongly…
Jack Taggart is once again going head to head with his nemesis, Damien Zabat, national president of the Satans Wrath Motorcycle…
RCMP Inspector Coswell is back. A university professor is murdered and his corpse is revealed to a first year anatomy class…
It is 1946, and war-weary young ex-intelligence officer Lane Winslow leaves London to look for a fresh start. When she finds…
Jack Taggart goes undercover to follow the trail of a cheap weapon found at the scene of a murder. He traces the gun to…
Everything is going well for Arthur Beauchamp in his early middle age. Life is so good for the top-notch defence lawyer…
Twilight Is Not Good for Maidens
by Lou Allin
Part of: Holly Martin Mystery
Police Procedural, Small Town, Women Sleuths
Holly Martin must find a dangerous sexual offender before he strikes again. Corporal Holly Martin's small RCMP detachment…
Unreasonable Doubt
by Vicki Delany
Part of: Constable Molly Smith Mystery
Police Procedural, Women Sleuths
Walter Desmond is back in Trafalgar, British Columbia, having been officially exonerated when new evidence showed corruption…
Jack Taggart is out for justice, and just a little revenge, when he goes undercover as a pimp to hunt down the murderer…
In the ramshackle capital of one of the last colonies in North America, a few thousand settlers aspire to the values of…
When a distraught woman, Heather Simeon, is brought into the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit after a suicide attempt, Nadine…
While investigating a murder, RCMP undercover operative Jack Taggart finds himself in too deep when he tangles with an Asian…
Twenty-nine-year-old Michael Drayton runs a private investigation agency in Vancouver that specializes in missing persons.…
As a teenager, Toni Murphy had a life full of typical adolescent complications: a boyfriend she adored, a younger sister…
Under Cold Stone
by Vicki Delany
Part of: Constable Molly Smith Mystery
Police Procedural, Women Sleuths
Passionate environmentalist, old-time hippy Lucky Smith and Chief Constable of Trafalgar, British Columbia Paul Keller are…
A Cold White Sun
by Vicki Delany
Part of: Constable Molly Smith Mystery
Police Procedural, Women Sleuths
It's the end of March and Trafalgar, British Columbia, is preparing for the last influx of the seasonal skiers. Teachers,…
Corporate Asset takes undercover operative Jack Taggart into the world of white-collar crime and murder. Insurance companies…
Among The Departed
by Vicki Delany
Part of: Constable Molly Smith Mystery
Police Procedural, Women Sleuths
Fifteen years ago a young girl named Moonlight Smith went to her best friend Nicky Nowak's house for a sleepover. Moonlight…
Taggart investigates the murder of someone who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Wiretap information identifies…
At thirty-three Sara Gallagher is finally happy. Her antique furniture restoration business is taking off and she’s engaged…
The third book in Roy Innes' mystery series sends RCMP Inspector Coswell and the newly promoted Sergeant Blakemore to the…
Negative Image
by Vicki Delany
Part of: Constable Molly Smith Mystery
Police Procedural, Women Sleuths
As the mountain town of Trafalgar, British Columbia, shakes off a long hard winter, famous photographer Rudolph Steiner…
On the day she was abducted, Annie O’Sullivan, a 32-year-old realtor, had three goals - sell a house, forget about a recent…
Winter Of Secrets
by Vicki Delany
Part of: Constable Molly Smith Mystery
Police Procedural, Women Sleuths
Siblings Wendy and Jason Wyatt-Yarmouth and their friends have come to the peaceful mountain town of Trafalgar, B.C. to…
Valley of the Lost
by Vicki Delany
Part of: Constable Molly Smith Mystery
Police Procedural, Women Sleuths
In the mountain town of Trafalgar, British Columbia, a young woman is found dead of a heroin overdose, her baby lying at…
And on the Surface Die
by Lou Allin
Part of: Holly Martin Mystery
Police Procedural, Small Town, Women Sleuths
RCMP Corporal Holly Martin takes charge of her first post, a detachment in tiny Fossil Bay on the wild south coast of Vancouver…
In the Shadow of the Glacier
by Vicki Delany
Part of: Constable Molly Smith Mystery
Police Procedural, Women Sleuths
Trouble is brewing in the small, bucolic mountain town of Trafalgar, British Columbia. An American who came to Trafalgar…
When a series of murders threatens the lives of an entire community in Vancouver, RCMP Corporal Paul Blakemore and Inspector…
RCMP detective Jack Taggart has avenged the murders of his niece and nephew, but the consequences linger. His deal with…
Jack Taggart, an undercover Mountie, lives in a world where the good guys and the bad guys change places in a heartbeat.…
RCMP Corporal Paul Blakemore is jolted from his mundane policing duties in the small Monashee Mountain village of Bear Creek…
Twenty members of a cult are found massacred on an isolated island on Canada’s West Coast. Their leader, Shiva Ram Acharya,…
Lawyer Foster Cobb’s objective is to bring down the mysterious Dr. Au, responsible for the drugs that flow through Vancouver.…
Arthur Beauchamp, one of Vancouver’s most heralded criminal lawyers, has moved to a quiet island off the British Columbia…
The Emily Carr mystery
by Eric Wilson
Part of: Tom & Liz Austen Mysteries
Coastal, Juvenile, Middle Grade, Women Sleuths
Liz investigates a mystery tied to the legacy of artist Emily Carr. Art theft, historical secrets, and West Coast atmosphere…
The Screech Owls’ journey to Vancouver had begun as an innocent hockey road trip. They had come to play in the new “3-on-3”…
The Kootenay Kidnapper
by Eric Wilson
Part of: Tom & Liz Austen Mysteries
Adventure, Juvenile, Middle Grade
Tom and Liz Austen travel to the Kootenays to visit their grandmother and cousin, expecting a quiet stay in the mountains.…
Spirit in the Rainforest
by Eric Wilson
Part of: Tom & Liz Austen Mysteries
Environmental, Juvenile, Middle Grade
After surviving a violent Pacific storm, Tom and Liz Austen land on Nearby Island, a rainforest shrouded in secrets. Strange…
Vancouver nightmare
by Eric Wilson
Part of: Tom & Liz Austen Mysteries
Juvenile, Middle Grade, Urban
When Tom witnesses a kidnapping, he’s pulled into a dangerous chase through Vancouver’s streets and waterfront. The city’s…
A young woman is shot dead. Her boyfriend is the only witness but refuses to co-operate. Then he too is tortured and murdered.…
A blood-stained car is found, abandoned. Willows and Parker are called in to investigate a possible homicide: there is evidence…
Serious crimes
Part of: Willows and Parker Mystery
Hard-Boiled, Police Procedural, Suspense, Thriller
Jack Willows and Claire Parker are investigating the death of Kenny Lee, a local owner of a Chinese newspaper. He was discovered…
Death on a No. 8 Hook
Part of: Willows and Parker Mystery
Hard-Boiled, Police Procedural, Suspense, Thriller
But when you’re a cop, you’re never off the clock, and when he stumbles across the body of a young girl up in the mountains,…
The Goldfish Bowl
Part of: Willows and Parker Mystery
Police Procedural, Psychological, Serial Killer, Suspense, Thriller
"The Goldfish Bowl" by Laurence Gough is the first book in the Willows and Parker mystery series. The story follows Detective…
Although he is a decorated officer of the Mounted Police, Madoc Rhys's tin ear has long been an embarrassment to his musically…