Literary Mysteries

All Pure Souls

All Pure Souls

John Brooke

Inspector Aliette Nouvelle returns to solve the case of the murder of a Marilyn Monroe look-alike in a French brothel. >>

Cherry Bites

Cherry Bites

Alison Preston

On a summer afternoon in 1954 a jealous four-year-old girl named Cherry Ring bites her baby brother Pete on the cheek which will leave him scarred for life. Cherry really is sorry. But sorry isn't... >>

Death in Cold Type

Death in Cold Type

C.C. Benison

When Michael Rossiter, the scion of an old Winnipeg newspaper family and respected philanthropist, is found murdered, newspaper reporter Leo Fabiani is drawn into an investigation that threatens his... >>

Front Porch Mannequins

Front Porch Mannequins

Rebekkah Adams

Nana Underhill's intoxicated plan to run Lily over with her car seemed like a good idea at the time. >>

In the First Early Days of My Death

In the First Early Days of My Death

Catherine Hunter

As Wendy Li floats above the city, unravelling the story of her own untimely end, she learns that things aren't always what they seem. An unusual ghost story from the author of Latent Heat. >>

No Safe House

No Safe House

Diane Poulin

Jill and Blaine are twelve years old, poised between innocence and experience, childhood and adolescence. By the end of this summer, everything will have changed for the two best friends and their... >>

Pleasantly Dead

Pleasantly Dead

Judith Alguire

Trevor and Margaret Rudley have had their share of misfortunes at The Pleasant Inn, the cherished Ontario cottage-country hotel they've owned for twenty-five years. >>

Stifling Folds of Love

Stifling Folds of Love

John Brooke

When the ex-lovers of a former schoolteacher start dying at an alarming rate, Inspector Aliette Nouvelle is drawn into the investigation, not least because her boss has also been put in jeopardy. >>

Sunny Dreams

Sunny Dreams

Alison Preston

On a spring morning in 1925 Sunny Palmer disappears from her baby carriage in Picardy’s restaurant in downtown Winnipeg. When there is still no word after months, the search is called off. But... >>

The Ecstasy Conspiracy

The Ecstasy Conspiracy

Lesley Choyce

A rollicking literary whodunit. Richard DeMille, an American expatriate novelist who also teaches at a quiet Nova Scotia university, has decided to kill his publisher. But when DeMille arrives at... >>