shrier-bostoncreamHoward Shrier, Boston Cream, Random House/Vintage Canada

David Fine is not the kind of guy to go missing. Or so his father tells PI Jonah Geller. A brilliant young surgeon-in-training, devout, devoted to his parents--last seen two weeks ago leaving the Boston hospital where he worked.

natan-bricklayerRene Natan, The Bricklayer, Createspace

What happens when there is more going on in the construction industry than its usual business of building houses, offices, roads or bridges to keep the economy rolling smoothly?

mofina-burningedgeRick Mofina, The Burning Edge, MIRA

Single mother Lisa Palmer has barely recovered from the sudden death of her husband when she is drawn into a new nightmare.

madeleine-scarletroseJulia Madeleine, The Truth About Scarlet Rose, Malefic

In 1983 Charlie Reynolds is found tortured and murdered in a Toronto area hotel room, and his twenty-two-year-old step-daughter Fiona, must help police find the killer.

evans-seaweedStanley Evans, Seaweed in the Mythworld, Ekstasis Editions

Coast Salish cop Silas Seaweed is back in another West Coast noir mystery. Giant Thunderbirds are threatening the skies above BC.

barrett-deferredprejJames T. Barrett, Deferred Prejudice, JT Barrett

Hidalgo Arquero crosses the border into California at fifteen. Unable to read or write, he’s anxious to work by his father’s side in the vineyards of the Napa Valley.

cross-exitstrategyColleen Cross, Exit Strategy, Slice Publishing

Should justice be pursued at all costs? That’s the question Katerina Carter asks herself when she’s hired to recover Liberty Diamond Mines missing billions and the CFO who stole it.

astolfo-victim Catherin Astolfo, Victim, Imajin Books

Emily Taylor, once more drawn into the unknown, must face her own secrets and fears to unravel the mysteries of several disappearances...


markman-contraodessaAlex Markman, Contra-ODESSA, Asteroid Publishing

Inspired by a true story, Contra-OSESSA is about the workings of superpowers’ secret services in Latin America in the 1960s....

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one of the top five novels chosen by Quill and Quire for 2011!

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CWC Members Sweep the Anthony Awards at Bouchercon!

Congratulations to Louse Penny and Hilary Davidson

Best Novel:  Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny (also won the Macavity, Agatha, Dilys and Arthur Ellis)

Best First Novel:  The Damage Done by Hilary Davidson (also won the Crimespree award for first novel)

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