Detective and mystery fiction

  • Jack Batten's Crang Mysteries 3-Book Bundle Crang Plays the Ace / Straight No Chaser / Take Five

    Creator

    Batten, Jack

    Abstract

    This special three-book bundle contains all three novel’s in Jack Batten’s Crang series. Acclaimed Jack Batten is one of Canada’s foremost crime fiction experts, and it shows in this entertaining and relentlessly witty series about the exploits of a hard-living, vodka- and jazz-loving criminal lawyer who deals with both the lives of the rich and the down-and-out on the streets and in the mansions of Canada’s largest city. Includes Crang Plays the Ace Straight No Chaser Take Five

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Serpents Rising A Cullen and Cobb Mystery

    Creator

    Poulsen, David A.

    Abstract

    A private investigator and a journalist take on a ruthless gang in Calgary to rescue a runaway and find justice for themselves. In 2005, journalist Adam Cullen’s wife, Donna, is killed by an arsonist. In desperation after police, fire department, and insurance investigators all give up trying to find the culprit, Cullen hires private detective Mike Cobb, but he, too, is stymied. Seven years later, Cobb re-enters Cullen’s life. A search for a crack-addicted teenage runaway is tangled up with Calgary’s most ruthless criminal organization — and a possible lead on Donna’s killer.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Roses for a Diva

    Creator

    Blechta, Rick

    Abstract

    A music star attracts a secret admirer, who turns into a dangerous stalker, and then, perhaps, a killer. When soprano Marta Hendriks finds a bouquet of red roses in her dressing room after a performance, she’s surprised as well as charmed. The card only says "Roses for a Diva." And as miles and performances rack up in her globe-hopping career, the bouquets continue to mysteriously appear. But then strange things start happening in her private life. She’s certain someone has been in her apartment, breaking her most treasured possession.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Thin Ice Capital Crime

    Creator

    Wilkshire, Nick

    Abstract

    Hockey is a dangerous game, but it’s what happens off the ice that can get you killed … Curtis Ritchie is the only news in town when Ottawa takes the young hockey sensation first overall in the annual spring draft. But on the eve of Ritchie’s rookie season, the media frenzy over the signing and the controversial trades that secured the young star are eclipsed by news of his murder. As Ottawa Major Crimes Unit investigator Jack Smith reassembles Ritchie’s life, he is surprised by how much it differs from the fledgling star’s clean-cut image.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Old Bones A Casey Templeton Mystery

    Creator

    Molnar, Gwen

    Abstract

    Casey Templeton is in a bind when he must foil a burglary of dinosaur bones. While helping with a real dinosaur dig at the world-famous Royal Tyrrell Museum, Casey Templeton finds a piece of dinosaur tooth. Excited, he spends all afternoon looking for the rest of the tooth, but all he ends up getting is a nasty sunburn. Lying in his hotel room that night, trying to recover, he sees and hears two men in a nearby room planning a robbery of precious artifacts from the Tyrrell. Later, Casey tells the museum’s curator (and old family friend), Dr. Norman, what he has seen and heard. Dr.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Blood Will Out A Moretti and Falla Mystery

    Creator

    Downie, Jill

    Abstract

    In this third book in the series, can Moretti and Falla solve a mysterious case of vampirism? While investigating the apparent suicide of a hermit, Detective Inspector Ed Moretti and his partner, Liz Falla, of the Guernsey Police have to deal with what seems to be an outbreak of vampirism. Can the threat be real? Or is it something possibly provoked by Hugo Shawcross, who is writing a play about vampires for a local theatre group, and who narrowly escapes becoming the first victim?

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Belle Palmer Mysteries 5-Book Bundle Northern Winters Are Murder / Blackflies Are Murder / Bush Poodles Are Murder / Murder Eh? / Memories Are Murder

    Creator

    Allin, Lou

    Abstract

    Presenting the five novels of the acclaimed Belle Palmer literary mystery series by Lou Allin, in a definitive ebook bundle. Belle is a realtor living a peaceful life just outside the northern city of Sudbury, Ontario. But crime has a way of finding her, and the vast forests of the Canadian Shield are a great place to conceal a murder…. Often, Belle must use all of her resourcefulness to survive harrowing encounters with murderers in the unforgiving wilderness of Canada’s near north.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Campbell Young Mysteries 3-Book Bundle A Campbell Young Mystery

    Creator

    Carpenter, J.D.

    Abstract

    This three-book bundle presents the entire Campbell Young Mystery series, gathered together in an authoritative single volume. "The dialogue makes you feel like you’re in the bar eavesdropping." – Hamilton Spectator "…beautifully written…coldly realistic." – Guelph Mercury "…simply mesmerizing." – M.T. Kelly, poet, novelist and playwright. Includes Bright’s Kill 74 Miles Away Twelve Trees

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié