Fiction, Mystery & Detective
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Torch Songs
by KJ Johns
When recently widowed Kay Gates moves to Sydenham, Ontario to start a new chapter in her life, she is hoping for some peace after a difficult year. However, what she finds instead is anything but idyllic. Shortly after she realizes her home is ...
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The Mathematician
by Jacob E. Goodman
Professor Claus Eisenstadt, a refugee from Nazi Germany, and a brilliant mathematician, disappears from Columbia University one day. After the police have given up the search, mathematics graduate student Judy Carter, compelled to solve puzzling ...
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Twisted Unraveled
by Linda Rich
John Stilton peers down at a lifeless body after his murderer dragged it to its final resting place. His spirit cannot rest until it determines who committed this heinous act. Meanwhile his wife, Heather, types away at his uncompleted novel. John ...
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Epitaph
Full Circle by J. A. Gibbens
Even when you think you know, you don’t. On the Côte d’Azur, Russian billionaire Grisha Orlov is still mourning the death of his son when he receives a call from his granddaughter, Aleksandra, who is studying abroad in Toronto. Her techie boyfriend ...
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Exploring Just Became Real
by Karen Hillier
This ambitious and entertaining short story collection follows a woman who delights in exploring the world—but has the extraordinary fortune (or misfortune) of stumbling into a great number of crime scenes! From bodies hidden in farmhouses to hands ...
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Life at the Precipice
by R.F. Vincent
In 1959 an earthquake in central Vancouver Island devastated the lakeside community of Pyrite Ridge. The seismic event triggered landslides that isolated the town and killed sixteen people, while a geological phenomenon known as a segue caused the ...
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Femme Devereux
by Ray Sproule
Swiss homicide detective Angeline Devereux arrives on the scene of a murder in gloomy Lindenhof Park. The victim’s lifeless body is found shoved inside the wooden box normally home to the oversized wooden chess pieces for the outdoor chessboard. ...
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Case Closed
by William P. Eshleman
Peter Case is just beginning to enjoy life on Vancouver Island and the burgeoning success of Left Coast Salvage when his parents are killed by a natural gas explosion. He’s skeptical of the circumstances, but authorities conclude it was an ...
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Olav's Story
by Bill Flowers
There are many uncommon things about Olav Williams: his upbringing in the tiny town of Twin Rivers on the coast of Labrador; his photographic memory that allows him to recall everything he has ever seen and heard in perfect detail; and the fact that ...
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Closure
by Bruce Eberts
In 1984, the students at Tear Falls High School in Northern Ontario were terrorized by a group of four bullies who used any means possible to exert control over their peers. Their favorite targets were four best friends—Kevin, Doug, Art, and ...
