Mysteries set in Nova Scotia
Discover mystery stories set in the beautiful province of Nova Scotia
Books Set in Nova Scotia (31)
Val Jenkins is stuck. A journalist for the Halifax Post, she's been writing a local books column for over a decade. But…
Valerie Rankin, manager of the Gasper’s Cove Crafter’s Co-op, is ready for a successful Spring Craft Show, until the lights…
The body of Pastor Sandy Gardner, a TV preacher with a global following, turns up near a Halifax container pier. The mysterious…
Heidi MacDonald is not qualified for her new job at the Legislature with Official Opposition. She has never voted, or can’t…
It is the summer of 1940 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a city that has become a bustling strategic port for the war raging in…
Belinda Bishop is unemployed and single. At thirty-two, her journalism career feels stuck, and let’s not even speak about…
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 an eccentric woman is found murdered in her secluded home in the Cape Breton woods, Detective Gordie MacLean and his…
Monty defends a client accused of killing his wife, but the case quickly spirals into a tangle of lies, community tensions,…
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…
As a new crime unfolds, Detective Gordie MacLean finds himself drawn into a web of intrigue that will not only test his…
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…
Leaving her past in Germany, Gretha Braun’s new life on Cape Breton Island Canada is cut short when she is brutally murdered.…
A Cold War mystery resurfaces when a letter from Berlin arrives decades late. Monty and Brennan uncover espionage, family…
Caught up in an investigation that threatens the lives of those he loves, Detective Gordie MacLean and his partner are drawn…
Ottawa lawyer and victims’ advocate Camilla MacPhee has finally agreed to elope to Cape Breton with her long-time partner,…
Gordie MacLean, a 53-year-old bachelor detective is content minding his own patch of Cape Breton Island with its rugged…
Twelve‑year‑old Bonnie MacDonald vanishes after a family party. Monty’s search pulls him into the Halifax music scene, exposing…
Adam Macallister's sportswriting career is about to end before it begins, but he's got one last shot--a Sports Illustrated…
Linda Moore's longawaited sequel to Foul Deeds is another highly engaging mix of art and environmental justice. Finally…
After a young woman claims the Virgin Mary appeared in Father Burke’s churchyard, Halifax is flooded with pilgrims and reporters.…
Foul Deeds
by Linda Moore
Part of: Rosalind Mystery
Detective Fiction, Private Investigator, Women Sleuths
A professional criminologist, Rosalind works with a cranky private investigator named McBride—a long-time association that…
A German theologian is found nearly decapitated on a Halifax church altar during Vespers. Monty and Brennan navigate church…
Monty defends flamboyant lawyer Beau Delaney, accused of murdering his wife. Family secrets, a mysterious child, and fractures…
When two men are found shot outside a Halifax bar, police call it a murder‑suicide, but Monty Collins isn’t convinced. His…
Be careful what you wish for, his mother used to say. Yet how many times, in his twenty years defending the underprivileged,…
In the third Camilla MacPhee Mystery, Camilla’s looking forward to cutting loose at Ottawa’s Bluesfest, the huge open-air…
A supposed haunting draws Tom and Liz to a historic Nova Scotia manor. As eerie events escalate, the siblings uncover a…