Canadian Books from Ontario

Discover stories set in the beautiful province of Ontario

Ontario, Canada

Explore books that are set in or connected to Ontario. These stories showcase the unique landscapes, culture, and spirit of this Canadian province.

Books Set in Ontario (17)

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A Box of Frogs

by Josh Hellyer

Part of: Highclere Inn & Carriage House Mysteries

Ontario, Canada

Humor, Mystery

When centenarian Senator Miles “The Tank” Valentine meets an electrifying end at his own resort, Highclere Inn & Carriage…

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The Split Pea Tango

by Josh Hellyer

Part of: Highclere Inn & Carriage House Mysteries

Ontario, Canada

Humor, Mystery

When the “Society for Transcendent Understanding of Past-Life Identification and Discovery” rolls into town, Mason Valentine…

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Hygge and Homicide

by A. L. Jensen

Part of: Hygge House Nordic Mystery

Ontario, Canada

Mystery

When talented interior designer Minna Halonen returns to her idyllic northern hometown after decades away, she's ready for…

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Don't Forget You Love Me

by Rosemary Aubert

Part of: Ellis Portal Mysteries

Ontario, Canada

Mystery

Ellis Portal has resigned from solving mysteries. Or so he thinks. When a profound personal tragedy propels him into a puzzling…

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Until the night

by Giles Blunt

Part of: John Cardinal and Lise Delorme

Ontario, Canada

Mystery, Thriller

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…

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Crime Machine

by Giles Blunt

Part of: John Cardinal and Lise Delorme

Ontario, Canada

Mystery, Thriller

A year after the death of his beloved but troubled wife Catherine, John has moved into a new, but very humid, condo. He…

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By the time you read this

by Giles Blunt

Part of: John Cardinal and Lise Delorme

Ontario, Canada

Mystery, Thriller

Autumn has arrived in Algonquin Bay, and with it an unusual spate of suicides. The most shocking yet is Cardinal’s wife…

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Blackfly Season

by Giles Blunt

Part of: John Cardinal and Lise Delorme

Ontario, Canada

Mystery, Thriller

According to detective John Cardinal, the truly diabolical thing about blackflies is their stealthy silence; there is no…

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The Delicate Storm

by Giles Blunt

Part of: John Cardinal and Lise Delorme

Ontario, Canada

Mystery, Thriller

A gruesome discovery in the wilderness north of Algonquin Bay leads detectives John Cardinal and Lisa Delorme to a remote…

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Forty Words for Sorrow

by Giles Blunt

Part of: John Cardinal and Lise Delorme

Ontario, Canada

Mystery, Thriller

n the quiet Canadian town of Algonquin Bay, a frozen body has been found in an abandoned mine shaft. She is soon identified…

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Red mass

by Rosemary Aubert

Part of: Ellis Portal Mysteries

Ontario, Canada

Mystery

The fifth and final episode in Aubert's prize-winning series finds once-disgraced Toronto attorney Ellis Portal readmitted…

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Leave Me By Dying

by Rosemary Aubert

Part of: Ellis Portal Mysteries

Ontario, Canada

Mystery

In this prequel to the earlier books in the series, Ellis Portal, the disgraced former judge turned sleuth, is taken back…

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The ferryman will be there

by Rosemary Aubert

Part of: Ellis Portal Mysteries

Ontario, Canada

Mystery

Disgraced former judge and uncoventional sleuth Ellis Portal is recruited by the Toronto police to catch the killer of a…

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The feast of Stephen

by Rosemary Aubert

Part of: Ellis Portal Mysteries

Ontario, Canada

Mystery

A serious of seemingly routine deaths by exposure in Toronto are revealed to have a much more sinister origin when all the…

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Free reign

by Rosemary Aubert

Part of: Ellis Portal Mysteries

Ontario, Canada

Mystery

Ellis Portal had once been an esteemed judge. Now, he lives as a vagrant in the wilderness that runs through the heart of…

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A Winter Kill

by Vicki Delany

Ontario, Canada

Mystery, Police Procedural

Nicole Patterson is a young, green and very eager probationary constable with the Ontario Provincial Police. Although she…

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The Cure for Drowning

by Loghan Paylor

Ontario, Canada

Historical, Literary, Queer

Born Kathleen to an immigrant Irish farming family in southern Ontario, Kit McNair has been a troublesome changeling since,…