Canadian fiction

  • The Whisper of Legends An Inspector Green Mystery

    Creator

    Fradkin, Barbara

    Abstract

    An empty canoe washes up on the shore of the Nahanni River — has the river claimed four more lives? When his teenage daughter goes missing on a summer wilderness canoe trip to the Nahanni River, Inspector Michael Green is forced into unfamiliar territory. Unable to mobilize the local RCMP, he enlists the help of his long-time friend, Staff Sergeant Brian Sullivan, to accompany him to the Northwest Territories to look for themselves.Green is terrified. The park has 30,000 square kilometres of wilderness and 600 grizzlies. Even worse, Green soon discovers his daughter lied to him.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Twilight Is Not Good for Maidens A Holly Martin Mystery

    Creator

    Allin, Lou

    Abstract

    Holly Martin must find a dangerous sexual offender before he strikes again. Corporal Holly Martin’s small RCMP detachment on Vancouver Island is rocked by a midnight attack on a woman camping alone at picturesque French Beach. Then Holly’s constable, Chipper Knox Singh, is accused of sexually assaulting a girl during a routine traffic stop and is removed from active duty. At another beach a girl is killed. An assailant is operating unseen in these dark, forested locations.The case breaks open when a third young woman is raped in daylight and gives a precise description of the assailant.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • The Scarlet Macaw

    Creator

    Hozy, S.P.

    Abstract

    A literary mystery where the people and the settings in the exotic East are paramount. Two entwined mysteries unfold in two time periods in Singapore – one in the present and the other in the 1920s. Artist Maris Cousins has lived in Singapore for four years, but the sudden death of her mentor, gallery owner Peter Stone, causes her to stop painting and leave Singapore to reconnect with her family in Canada.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Fire on the Runway A Paul Shenstone Mystery

    Creator

    Bradshaw, Mel

    Abstract

    From one grenade exploding in 1920s Toronto to the seeds of a new war in Europe … As Torontonians move to the beat of the Jazz Age, war is the furthest thing from their minds. Then a fatal grenade explosion outside a west end hotel room breaks the rhythm. The room’s registered occupant, a mysterious European woman calling herself Lucy, disappears before she can shed any light on the incident.Police detective Paul Shenstone believes someone is trying to assassinate Lucy. Once he has found her, he will learn the reason: she has uncovered dangerous secrets that threaten world peace.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Almost Criminal A Crime in Cascadia Mystery

    Creator

    Brown, E.R.

    Abstract

    2014 Edgar Award - Mystery Writers of America — Shortlisted, Best Paperback Original Medicinal marijuana can be murder. Charming, wealthy Randle Kennedy has a secret: he’s British Columbia’s most prolific producer of boutique marijuana. He’s developed strains of B.C. Bud to please the most sophisticated palates and produce any desired effect, from a light contemplative buzz to the most mind-warping stone. His medical varieties offer relief for conditions ranging from cancer to Alzheimer’s disease.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Honour Among Men An Inspector Green Mystery

    Creator

    Fradkin, Barbara

    Abstract

    Inspector Green is coping with an office job, still eager to get back into the day-to-day fray of policing. His chance comes when an unidentified woman is drowned in the Ottawa River. In her possession is a Medal for Bravery from a peacekeeping mission. As Green and his team dig deeper into the military past, Green finds himself sucked not only into the murky past of a peacekeeping unit but into the high-stakes present of a federal election race. What crime was committed in Yugoslavia more than a decade ago? Is someone still killing to prevent that secret from coming to light?

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Going Out With a Bang A Ladies Killing Circle Anthology

    Creator

    Boswell, Joan

    Fradkin, Barbara

    Abstract

    Do not go gentle into that good night, wrote Dylan Thomas, and Canadas notorious Ladies Killing Circle has taken his advice to heart. In Going Out With a Bang, the dangerous dames have brought together an explosive mix of authors from across the country. Whether its the boom of drums, the cacophony of a train wreck, or the thud of a body crashing down the stairs, no one goes out without a fight. Twenty authors, along with poet Joy Hewitt Mann, will chill you, entertain you or plain blow you away in this eclectic fictional brew.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Dream Chasers An Inspector Green Mystery

    Creator

    Fradkin, Barbara

    Abstract

    A seventeen-year-old sets out to meet her secret lover by an Ottawa waterfall. Three days later, her body washes up in the shallows. The public fears a sexual predator is on the loose, but Inspector Green suspects a more personal connection. His search for answers draws him into the world of elite young athletes, drugs and teenage sexuality. Then a social worker who knows too much disappears, and blood is found in the house of a star with NHL prospects. Unless Green can unravel the truth, how many others will pay the ultimate price for a young mans dreams?

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Mac in the City of Light

    Creator

    Ward, Christopher

    Abstract

    Mac’s school trip to Paris turns into an adventure she never imagined. Fourteen-year-old California girl Mackenzie, known as Mac, goes on a school trip to Paris where she meets up with an old musician friend of her dad’s, Rudee Daroo, who now makes a living as a cab driver. Rudee reveals that some of the greatest monuments in Paris are being either destroyed or stolen and that the city is slowly becoming darker.Mac finds herself in league with a crew of crazy cabbies and their friends as she tries to right these wrongs.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Harry Flammable

    Creator

    O'Keeffe, Frank

    Abstract

    Flames follow high schooler and aspiring movie star Harry Flanagan wherever he goes. Despite a disastrous attempt at driving a bike through a burning refrigerator box in second grade, high schooler Harry Flanagan never gives up his goal of becoming a movie star or at least a stuntman.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified