Mysteries set in Newfoundland and Labrador
Discover mystery stories set in the beautiful province of Newfoundland and Labrador
Books Set in Newfoundland and Labrador (21)
After the unexpected death of her grandmother, Mary inherits her property and returns home to western Newfoundland with…
Moonrise Over Woolly Island
Coastal, Rural, Women Sleuths
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…
It’s 1968 and James Anderson’s twin brother Dave has just been killed in the Vietnam war. Knowing his turn is next, James…
In 1996, a twenty-year-old woman was murdered and found mutilated in a most disturbing way. Her body was ritualistically…
False Bodies follows monster hunter Eddie “The Yeti” Gesner to Newfoundland, to investigate a mass death on an offshore…
The final stop on Synard’s lighthouse tour is the one at L’Anse Amour, Labrador, the highest in all Atlantic Canada. It’s…
The Freemasons' Most Worshipful Grand Master has been murdered. His body has been laid out in the ritualistic Chamber of…
Death on Darby's Island
by Alice Walsh
Forensic, Police Procedural, Rural, Small Town, Women Sleuths
Nothing exciting ever happens on Darby's Island, Newfoundland. That is until one summer afternoon in 1975 when a Chevy towing…
spectacular murder in a downtown hotel of a sixteen-year-old girl brings together seasoned police officers Sgt. Nicholas…
Three for Trinity
by Kevin Major
Part of: Sebastian Synard Mysteries
Hard-Boiled, Poison, Rural, Theatre
In Three for Trinity, the third book in the Sebastian Synard Mystery series, offbeat humour meets suspense as a nefarious…
Sgt. Nicholas Myra is back with a vengeance, and he is out for blood. Years of investigating horrific crimes have become…
ebastian Synard is back. It’s the off-season, and the Newfoundland tour guide introduced in One for the Rock has crossed…
In 2018, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary executed Operation Wormwood, an investigation into a mysterious disease that…
Dylan is twelve years old and embarking on his first ocean kayaking trip with his parents. He has spent the last year convincing…
Sebastian Synard doesn’t want any more trouble than he already has. But when he leads a group of tourists along the cliffs…
An elderly man is carried into the emergency department of the Health Sciences Centre in St. John s, setting off a chain…
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…
The Ice Diamond Quest
by Eric Wilson
Part of: Tom & Liz Austen Mysteries
Adventure, Coastal, Environmental, Juvenile, Middle Grade
Together with their cousins, Liz and Tom Austen plunge into a dangerous mystery after they see a yacht off Newfoundland’s…
In rugged, remote Newfoundland, a merry band of smugglers is carrying on a grand tradition, handed down over centuries.…