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  • Murder by a Dam Site

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    It is spring on the French River, and thoughts have turned to fishing. On his first outing, a young fisherman discovers a body floating face down in the river by a dam site. All signs point to a murder. The victim turns out to be a widower who...


  • Waiting in the Wings

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    After an eventful spring, Kay Gates has finally settled into a new chapter in her life in Sydenham, Ontario, but her past refuses to stay in the past. She briefly runs into two classmates from high school during a grocery run, but doesn’t think...


  • Death of a Codebreaker

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    OLD CONSPIRACIES, NEW COLD-BLOODED MURDER When Darlene Johanson, a young librarian in Ottawa, Ontario, goes missing, private investigator Baker Somerset soon discovers a tangled web that leads her to a decades-old murder. Darlene’s great-aunt...


  • Trusting Claire

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    Claire Perova has always struggled to find the people and places that make up “home.” After a lengthy university adventure in Greece, she returns to Canada where she eventually meets two men. But just as her romantic life starts getting...


  • Full of Grace

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    Murder is always big news in small town Ontario. When Grace Inglehook’s terminal cancer is in remission, she makes plans for her one or two remaining years. But all her dreams shatter the morning she wakes up bleeding. Upon her death local...


  • Femme Devereux

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    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....


  • The Death of Edith Todd

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    When Edith Todd is struck down in a hit-and-run incident on a stormy November evening in 1999, police assume her death is an accident. But her neighbour Beth Langille knows better. As captain of the local Block Watch, Edith was straightlaced and...


  • Searching for Peter Griffiths

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    Private Detective Baker Somerset is back, and about to embark on another hair-raising mystery. One morning, seven years ago, Peter Griffiths, an intern for a Member of Parliament, disappeared without a trace from Parliament Hill—one of the most...


  • Death on the Spectrum

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    Coming off the heels of a devastating divorce from her ex-wife, Bernadette O’Connell is ready for a fresh start. With a new PI license and years of LGBTQ+ advocacy under her belt, Bernadette is eager to make a difference for her community. When...


  • Deadly Intersections

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    Twelve years ago, Kirsten Petersen left her troubled past behind her when she moved away from her sleepy hometown of Harmony, Ontario. Now a detective for the Ontario Provincial Police, she is reassigned to Harmony, and her first assignment takes...