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Mystery... from hard-boiled to cozy
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- Joan Donaldson-Yarmey
- The Only Shadow in the House
- Sumach Press
- ISBN 9781894549851
- November, 2010
- Trade paperback
- $16.95.
The Only Shadow in the House is the second novel in the Travelling Detective Series. Elizabeth Oliver, a travel writer, helps her boyfriend find out if his mother really did commit suicide thirty years ago. They also are confronted with a second death at the same time and wonder if the two are related.
Amateur Sleuth
Author's Region: Vancouver Island.
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- Barbara Fradkin
- Beautiful Lie the Dead, an Inspector Green Mystery
- Napoleon and Company
- ISBN 978-1-926607-08-5
- November 2010
- Trade Paperback
- $16.95
When the fiancée of a wealthy social activist disappears in the middle of a howling blizzard, everyone fears the worst. But a mysterious bus trip, a family secret and a dead stranger lead Ottawa Police Inspector Michael Green to Montreal to re-investigate an old death.
Author's Region: Ottawa and Eastern Ontario
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- A.R. Grobbo
- Most Valuable Victim: a Gloria Trevisi Mystery
- Double Dragon Publishing, Toronto, ON
- ISBN 978-1-55404-779-6
- September, 2010
- E-book, Trade Paperback
- $17.95 USD TPB, $5.99 E-Book
There's a murdered woman in the washroom, a collapsed roof on the Plattsford Arena and crime along the woodland trails. Amidst all these sensational headlines, newspaper editor Gloria Trevisi is trying to go on maternity leave before she becomes a desperate killer's next victim. With a baby expected at any moment, the last place she wants to be is in the woods among noisy snowmobiles, bubbling maple sap and illegal hunting. But that's exactly where she's headed.
Cozy
Author's Region: Southwestern Ontario
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- Don Gutteridge
- Solemn Vows
- Simon & Schuster
- ISBN: 9781439163702
- January 4 2011
- Trade Paperback
- $19.99
Toronto, 1836. A politician has been assassinated, and in his haste to catch the killer, Lieutenant Marc Edwards is responsible for an innocent’s death.
To track down the real killer, Edwards joins forces with Toronto police Constable Cobb. Between keeping track of Cobb and solving the murder, Edwards will be pushed to his limit once more.
Author's Region: Ontario
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Suspense/Thriller... spies, lies, terror and terrorists |
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- Pamela Callow
- Indefensible
- MIRA Books
- ISBN 978-0-7783-2922-0
- December 28, 2010
- Mass Market Paperback
- $9.99 CDN/ $7.99 US
Kate Lange Series, Book #2: A case of domestic homicide explodes when the accused killer is none other than the managing partner of one of Halifax's premiere law firms. Held in prison for the murder of his ex-wife, Randall Barrett's defense lies in the hands of the one person who understands only too well the taint of criminal scandal: Kate Lange.
Legal suspense
Author's Region: Nova Scotia
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- Grant McKenzie
- No Cry for Help
- Bantam UK
- ISBN 978-0553819922
- November 11, 2010
- Mass Market Paperback
- $11.36
During a cross-border shopping trip, a family vanishes. No reason. No ransom. No cry for help. Bus driver Wallace Carver fears the worst when his family fails to meet him at the mall. His anxiety is justifyably heightened when security cameras unexplainably show that he crossed the border alone. Now all Wallace wants to do is to get his family back. But first he has to work out why they were taken.
Author's Region: British Columbia
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Crime Nonfiction: “Just the facts, ma’am.” |
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Young Adult/Juvenile... Suitable for family viewing |
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en francais... la passion pour le crime |
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Short Crime Fiction... bite sized bits of murder and mayhem |
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E-Books... of every virtual shape |
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- Leanne Dyck
- The Sweater Curse
- Decadent Publishing (www.decadentpublishing.com)
- ISBN TBA
- November 12th
- E-book
- $2.99
The Sweater Curse explores the birth, life, death, and possible redemption of kick ass knitwear designer Gwen Bjarnson.
Paranormal psychological thriller
Author's Region: British Columbia
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- Joan Hall Hovey
- Chill Waters
- BWLPP (Books We Love Publishing Partners)
- ISBN 978-0-9867514-6-2
- October 2010
- E-Book
- $4.99
Winner of the Bloody Dagger Award
From the moment of Rachael’s arrival at Jenny's Cove, a man watches. Soon Rachael becomes a target for a vicious predator whose own dark and twisted past forms a deadly bond between them.
And sets her on a collision course with a crazed killer.
...a superb tale of terror and suspense that puts her right up there with the likes of Sandford and Patterson..."Ingrid Taylor for Small Press Review
Suspense
Author's Region: New Brunswick, Canada
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- Joan Hall Hovey
- Listen to the Shadows
- BWLPP
- ISBN 978-0-9867514-7-9
- October 2010
- E-Book
- Price -$4.99
SOMEONE WAS STALKING HER. NOW HE'S FOUND HER...
..there was only the wind in the trees to greet her...and the cold and empty house. But the house was not quite empty. Something awaited her, upstairs in her bedroom. Something with cold, dead eyes...
"... accomplished… fluid… suspenseful …Felix Griffin - Rave Reviews, NY
Suspense/Thriller
Author's Region: New Brunswick, Canada
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- Joan Hall Hovey
- Nowhere To Hide
- BWLPP
- ISBN 978-0-9867514-5-5
- October 2010
- E-Book
- $4.99
SHE DARED TO CHALLENGE A MERCILESS KILLER
Phone calls flood the station, but all leads go nowhere. The police investigation seems doomed to failure. Then it happens: a note, written in red ink, slipped under the windshield wipers of her car, 'YOU'RE IT.' Ellen has stirred the monster in his lair … and the hunter has become the hunted!
"If you are looking for the suspense thriller of the year-look no further..."Jewel Dartt Midnight Scribe Reviews
EPPIE WINNER
Suspense
Author's Region: New Brunswick, Canada
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