Inspector Green explores a web of betrayal and deceit

In the dead of night, the phone rings in the missing persons unit of the Ottawa Police. A brutal blizzard is howling, and a wealthy social activist has not heard from his fiancée in over twenty-four hours. Friends, family and police are mobilized to search the snowbound city. He comes to believe that his partner is fleeing for her life, possibly from his own family. When a frozen body is found in the snow, just blocks from the man’s home, Green knows that someone is conspiring to keep the truth hidden.

ISBN 978-1-926607-08-5, $16.95, 5.125 x 7.5, trade paper, 304 pages

Praise for This Thing of Darkness
"...more than a traditional mystery...insightful writing that stirs up questions and emotional responses—
and the satisfaction felt from a good book."
-The Hamilton Spectator

Old grudges and dark family histories lie beneath the snow in a small town

After her mother’s suicide, Maja Cleary turned her back on her family and Duved Cove, Minnesota—until a desperate phone call reveals that her father has been murdered and her brother Jonas is the prime suspect. She flies home, knowing that she will have to confront shared memories of an abusive father. Even as she works to prove her brother’s innocence, she cannot ignore the evidence that he had every reason to kill their father.

The frigid, stormy Minnesota landscape sets the mood as she battles against time, the local police and the relentless snow.

ISBN 978-1-926607-05-4, $16.95, 5.125 x 7.5, trade paper, 296 pages

"...a terrific mystery. Wear a sweater, set the fireplace,
brew a cup of tea and enjoy this book.
 -Louise Penny, author of The Cruelest Month

The verdant lushness of Vancouver Island is not without its dangers...

Summer on Vancouver Island gets off to a rocky start with the discovery of the body of a homeless man. RCMP Corporal Holly Martin notices drug paraphernalia nearby, and the autopsy reveals death from a combination of heroin and a synthetic opiate. Information leads Holly to believe that he had hidden something of value at the site of his death.

As Holly struggles to connect the dots, a record drought heats up the vacation paradise, and one match could send Canada’s Caribbean into flames.

ISBN 978-1-926607-07-8, $16.95, 5.125 x 7.5, trade paper, 296 pages

Praise for And on the Surface Die
"This is a well-plotted classic mystery, with engaging characters and an
interesting setting. Corporal Martin seems set for a return. She deserves one."
-The Globe & Mail

Some bullets take years to find their mark...

Former Toronto Detective Charlie McKelvey is puttering through the first year of his forced retirement. His tedious life is torn wide open when a friend enlists his help in locating a recent Bosnian immigrant who has simply disappeared without a trace. Her teacher and recent lover, Tim Fielding, suspects foul play.

At first hesitant, McKelvey is quickly drawn into the case as the bodies and clues pile up. When the body of an unidentified woman turns up in Fielding’s apartment—and Fielding is nowhere to be found—McKelvey finds himself a prime suspect in an increasingly obscure murder investigation.

ISBN 978-1-926607-06-1, $16.95, 5.125 x 7.5, trade paper, 288 pages

Anger is simmering under the bucolic façade of Tanglewood vineyard

All Ben Taylor wants is to get away from the police force where he worked undercover for years. The RCMP has cleared his name in an Ottawa shooting, but that hasn’t cleared his conscience. He arrives anonymously at Tanglewood Farms in Southwestern Ontario, where he worked in his youthful summers. Back then, it was a simple family-run vineyard, but it is a far different place today. The farm has become the hub of a powerful family empire.

When a body is discovered in a shack on the farm, Ben is drawn into the investigation. Meanwhile, the woman who was once the love of his life now lives as a recluse behind the darkened windows of the farmhouse. As she begins to reveal to Ben her own dark secrets, they become suspects in the eyes of the police, the migrant workers, and even each other.

ISBN 978-1-926607-09-2, $16.95, 5.125 x 7.5, trade paper, 304 pages