Mysteries set in Ontario
Discover mystery stories set in the beautiful province of Ontario
Books Set in Ontario (68)
Set in 1929, Rosie Ryan dreams of escaping Toronto’s rough Ward neighborhood by securing a position as a chambermaid at…
A gripping dual-timeline novel about the mysterious death of an indomitable female papyrologist during an archaeological…
When talented interior designer Minna Halonen returns to her idyllic northern hometown after decades away, she's ready for…
When Kausar Khan decided to move back to Toronto to be closer to her family, she didn't expect to have another murder investigation…
On a weekend getaway for their true-crime book club, four women retreat to the sole cottage on isolated Snakebite Island.…
Widows and Orphans
by Elizabeth Renzetti, Kate Hilton
Part of: Quill & Packet Mystery
Cozy, Mystery, Small Town, Women Sleuths
Journalist Cat Conway is looking forward to an easy assignment covering a major wellness and self-actualization summit at…
After her husband’s unexpected death twelve months earlier, Kausar Khan never thought she’d receive another phone call as…
The night before the long-awaited return of the Highwater Revival Music Festival, an explosion shatters the calm—and among…
The Split Pea Tango
by Josh Hellyer
Part of: Highclere Inn & Carriage House Mysteries
Humor, Mystery
When the “Society for Transcendent Understanding of Past-Life Identification and Discovery” rolls into town, Mason Valentine…
When centenarian Senator Miles “The Tank” Valentine meets an electrifying end at his own resort, Highclere Inn & Carriage…
Bury the Lead
by Elizabeth Renzetti, Kate Hilton
Part of: Quill & Packet Mystery
Cozy, Mystery, Small Town, Women Sleuths
A big-city journalist joins the staff of a small-town paper in cottage country and finds a community full of secrets … and…
Born Kathleen to an immigrant Irish farming family in southern Ontario, Kit McNair has been a troublesome changeling since,…
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…
Patrick Bird, police academy burnout turned PI, works divorce cases, using his camera to catch the unfaithful and the lonely…
One body. Several suspects. A secret capable of destroying lives. As investigators peel back layers of deception, they discover…
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…
An unidentified victim and international secrets thrust Lake Pines into a deadly conspiracy. Investigators must navigate…
Even the most innocent residents of Lake Pines carry secrets—and one of those secrets has turned lethal. As the past resurfaces,…
A regatta at dawn turns deadly when a body is discovered, sending shockwaves through the quiet town of Lake Pines. As secrets…
After weeks of torture at the hands of Syria's secret police, the bombing of his villa in the ancient city of Aleppo, and…
A haunting crime from the past resurfaces during Lake Pines’ harsh winter. As temperatures drop, tensions rise, revealing…
A corpse found at Deception Bay becomes the town’s worst nightmare as clues point toward a killer who knows how to hide…
When ominous signs and a murder coincide, Lake Pines is thrown into chaos. A flock of crows becomes an eerie symbol as investigators…
A DNA test and a cold case collide, pulling Lake Pines into a storm of revelations. As identities are questioned and loyalties…
Tulla Murphy's life has unraveled. Spurred by a loss that forces her to rethink all her plans, she retreats to the town…
When Saul Tepperman, a member of Ontario’s B'nai Shalom synagogue, reaches out to his childhood acquaintance Benny Cooperman,…
Niagara Falls is overrun with Hollywood types shooting a film, but private investigator Benny Cooperman isn't scouting for…
Murder Sees the Light
by Howard Engel
Part of: Benny Cooperman
Jewish, Mystery, Private Investigator
Benny Cooperman is camped out at a Petawawa fishing lodge, tasked with guarding a famous televangelist hiding from a pending…
It’s February in Ontario, and Benny Cooperman’s private investigation business is as frozen as the landscape—until Muriel…
When Myrna Yates visits private investigator Benny Cooperman to look into her husband Chester’s suspected infidelity, what…
Ellis Portal has resigned from solving mysteries. Or so he thinks. When a profound personal tragedy propels him into a puzzling…
Epidemic investigator Dr. Zol Szabo and his team are called to a panic’stricken high school in the heart of Ontario’s tobacco…
Zilla Trott is pouring her cat some chamomile tea when the drifter appears in her kitchen. He is grubby and crude—not at…
When Jenson Thorbisher-Freep announces an amateur theatrical contest, the women in the Grub-and-Stake gardening club race…
When word gets out that Dittany Monk, the sleuthing gardener of Lobelia Falls, is expecting twins, every knitter in town…
The High, a band with a few hit songs in the late 1970s, have reunited to play the nostalgia circuit at casinos. But for…
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…
Nicole Patterson is a young, green and very eager probationary constable with the Ontario Provincial Police. Although she…
In an affluent city perched on Ontario’s Niagara Escarpment, residents begin turning up on the pathologist’s autopsy table…
Though Zol and his team have investigated every centimetre of Camelot Lodge, a residence for healthy seniors blessed with…
A year after the death of his beloved but troubled wife Catherine, John has moved into a new, but very humid, condo. He…
Vernard ‘Get’ McGetty is back from serving in Afghanistan, back dealing drugs in Detroit and looking to move up with his…
According to detective John Cardinal, the truly diabolical thing about blackflies is their stealthy silence; there is no…
Autumn has arrived in Algonquin Bay, and with it an unusual spate of suicides. The most shocking yet is Cardinal’s wife…
In the quiet Canadian town of Algonquin Bay, a frozen body has been found in an abandoned mine shaft. She is soon identified…
The fifth and final episode in Aubert's prize-winning series finds once-disgraced Toronto attorney Ellis Portal readmitted…
A gruesome discovery in the wilderness north of Algonquin Bay leads detectives John Cardinal and Lisa Delorme to a remote…
In this prequel to the earlier books in the series, Ellis Portal, the disgraced former judge turned sleuth, is taken back…
In this final installment of the Charlie Salter mystery series, a sixty-something Salter struggles with the realities of…
A serious of seemingly routine deaths by exposure in Toronto are revealed to have a much more sinister origin when all the…
Disgraced former judge and uncoventional sleuth Ellis Portal is recruited by the Toronto police to catch the killer of a…
Ellis Portal had once been an esteemed judge. Now, he lives as a vagrant in the wilderness that runs through the heart of…
Strange attacks in Ottawa spark rumours of vampires. Tom investigates the unsettling incidents, discovering a criminal scheme…
In Death by Degrees, Inspector Charlie Salter investigates the murder of a dean at Bathurst Community College, a case that…
Charlie Salter investigates the murder of actor Alec Hunter, who was found dead in a sleazy hotel. The investigation reveals…
While vacationing with his family on Prince Edward Island, Toronto Detective Inspector Charlie Salter finds himself assisting…
Final Cut by Eric Wright follows Inspector Charlie Salter as he investigates a film set plagued by sabotage, including a…
Special Affairs Inspector Charlie Salter and Chief Investigator Sergeant Mel Pickett are tasked with the sensitive murder…
Inspector Charlie Salter investigates a string of anonymous threatening letters sent to Yorkville merchants, a case that…
Anyone growing up in Lobelia Falls is taught to learn the elegant, ancient, and occasionally deadly art of shooting with…
The Grub-and-Stakers gardening club has traditionally limited its activities to serving tea and gossiping about wildflowers,…
In The Man Who Changed His Name, Inspector Charlie Salter investigates the murder of Nancy Cowell, a woman who met her killer…
Death in the Old Country is a mystery novel by Eric Wright featuring Toronto Police Inspector Charlie Salter. While vacationing…
In "Smoke Detector," Inspector Charlie Salter investigates the death of an antiques dealer who died in a fire later proven…
Inspector Charlie Salter, a detective with the Toronto Police Department, is assigned to solve the murder of Professor David…
Tom and Liz explore the mysterious halls of Casa Loma, uncovering clues to a long‑hidden treasure. Secret passages, old…