Canadian Mysteries
Lone Wolf by Linwood Barclay
Newspaper writer, family man, and reluctant hero Zack Walker stumbles onto a mutilated corpse. While the locals attribute the death to a bear attack, Zack suspects something far more ominous.
If Looks Could Kill by Michael Blair
When Vancouver photographer Tom McCall’s former lover, Carla Bergman, walks back into his life, he knows that trouble can’t be far behind. And he’s right. A fast-paced, witty mystery.
When Hell Freezes Over by Rick Blechta
By doing the right thing in helping a stranger, Michael Quinn sets in motion a chain of events which ultimately turns his and several other lives into incredible turmoil.
The Delicate Storm by Giles Blunt
In the wake of a dual murder during a freak winter warm spell, Algonquin Bay homicide detectives Delorme and Cardinal link the killings to other unsolved murders spanning back some thirty years.
A Colder Kind of Death by Gail Bowen
When a prisoner is shot to death in the exercise yard of a Saskatchewan penitentiary, Joanne Kilbourn finds herself haunted by a part of her past she wished had never happened. The dead prisoner is Kevin Tarpley, the man who six years earlier had brutally killed her politician husband, Ian.
74 Miles Away by J. D. Carpenter
Retired homicide detective Campbell Young decides to take a vacation to Florida. No sooner are his plans made, than his old friend Priam Harvey approaches him with a problem: a Caribbean jazz musician has been found dead in a Toronto hotel room, his body surrounded by the paraphernalia of voodoo.
The Red Heron by Karen Dudley
Follow the misadventures of Robyn, a fearless environmental consultant. Assessing the damage that an abandoned pesticide plant soon proves to be the least of the her worries as a sniper takes aim at the project.
The Suicide Murders by Howard Engel
Benny Cooperman has been called in to determine whether a series of suicides are in fact murders and soon finds himself in hot water with police and criminals alike. Readers will enjoy the great plot and the gentle humour. This is the first book in the series.
Do or Die by Barbara Fradkin
When a popular student is found murdered in the university library, Ottawa Police Inspector Michael Green is drawn into the competitive world of university politics. Volume 1 in the Inspector Green mystery series.
Drawing Dead by Rick Gadziola
Jake Morgan, Las Vegas poker dealer and ex-cop, is dealt a hand by his casino boss and forced to play. Morgan is caught in the crossfire between two groups of dirty cops. The attempts on his life multiply as he gets closer to what he prays is not the ugly truth.
DreadfulWater Shows Up by Hartley GoodWeather
Thumps DreadfulWater is a Cherokee ex-cop trying to make a living as a photographer in the small town of Chinook. But he doesn’t count on snapping shots of a dead body languishing in the just-completed luxury condo resort built by the local Indian band.
Dark Water by Linda Hall
Private investigator, kayak adventurer, and whale watching tour guide, Jake Rikker is caught off guard by the request of his new client. Aided by his business partner, Jake sets out in pursuit of the stalker but soon realizes they have become not the hunters but the hunted.
Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton
Lara McClintoch, former antiques shop owner and student of Maya history, goes to Mexico to help a friend with a mysterious project. But her friend disappears.
Wild Thing by Mike Harrison
Eddie Dancer, the Canadian private eye, wings his way to England, where a psychologist (and friend) stands accused of multiple murders. Eddie’s investigation soon zeroes in on a two-century-old manuscript.
Except the Dying by Maureen Jennings
In turn-of-the-century Toronto, the body of a young housemaid is discovered naked in a snowy lane, and the cast of suspects spans the social strata. William Murdoch, the detective in charge of the case, will breathe life into what might otherwise have been a conventional murder.
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Rage Therapy by Dan Kalla
When psychiatrist Joel Ashman is called to evaluate the gruesome murder of his former friend and mentor Stanley Kolberg, an anger-management specialist, he has no idea that before he finds the killer, he will need to investigate Kolberg’s dark secrets and the apparent suicide of one of his own
patients.
Bad Chemistry by Nora Kelly
Vancouver history professor Gillian Adams and her lover, Scotland Yard Detective Chief Inspector Edward Gisborne meet up in Cambridge, England, for what becomes a working vacation after a chemist is found dead in a university laboratory. Fans of mysteries set in academia will find this book entertaining. Bad Chemistry is volume 3 in the series.
The Dead Don’t Get Out Much by Mary Jane Maffini
Camilla MacPhee is the black sheep of her perfect family, and Miss Manner she isn’t! Her agency, “Justice for Victims” brings her in contact with people who have found that the law and justice don’t necessarily coincide.
Every Fear by Rick Mofina
Maria Colson turns her back on baby son Dylan for a few seconds. When she looks again he is being abducted into a waiting van. Maria climbs onto the van, but is violently thrown to the road where she is left for dead. Rookie crime reporter Jason Wade and Homicide Detective Grace Garner hunt for the one piece of the puzzle that connects the baby’s disappearance with a spine-tingling case of revenge.
Seeing is Deceiving by Suzanne North
Phoebe and Candi Sinclair are filming a TV program at a psychic fair in Okotoks, Alberta, when an exhibitor collapses and dies. The murder suspect turns to her old friend, Candi, to help clear her name…with Phoebe along reluctantly for the ride.
Still Life by Louise Penny
To locals, the village is a safe haven. So they are bewildered when a well-loved member of the community is found lying dead in the maple woods. Surely it was an accident - a hunter’s arrow gone astray. Who could want Jane Neal dead? An Canadian “cozy” mystery.
Lost Girls by Andrew Pyper
The bodies of two missing teenagers have never been found, and there’s slight forensic evidence to tie the chief suspect, Thomas Tripp, to their disappearance. Toronto attorney Bartholomew Crane is dispatched to the Canadian north woods to defend high school teacher Tripp against a murder charge.
In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson
Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks is assigned to work on a case (considered to be somewhat of a joke) after the skeleton of a woman wrapped in World War II blackout curtains is found in a dried-out reservoir. In a Dry Season is yet another terrific mystery in the Inspector Banks series.
Every Breath You Take by Michelle Spring
New PI Laura Principal and her friend Helen, who jointly own a cottage in Norfolk, decide to take in a third partner to share expenses. When Laura finds the body of her new housemate tied to a chair, fatally stabbed and beaten, she is determined to sort out the murder.
The Deadly Slipper by Michelle Wan
Nineteen years after her identical twin sister disappeared on an orchid hunt in the Dordogne in France, interior decorator Mara Dunn still can’t let go. She approaches British orchidologist Julian Wood to help retrace her sister’s last steps using the photographs of flowers.
Compiled by Sandi Hall (2007)
