"Vancouver City Councilor George Hamilton Nash has left his wife and moved into a posh West End condo. When the wealthy man-about-town turns up dead, a suicide note beside his body, the police are prepared to treat it as an open-and-shut case. But Sebastian Casey, who covers city hall for the West End Clarion, is not so sure. He kows something of Nash's reputation as a ladies' man and very quickly discovers no shortage of suspects. the question is,...

It's Nantucket wedding season, also known as summer. The sight of a bride racing down Main Street is as common as the sun setting at Madaket Beach. The Otis-Winbury wedding promises to be an event to remember: the groom's wealthy parents have spared no expense to host a lavish ceremony at their oceanfront estate. But it's going to be memorable for all the wrong reasons after tragedy strikes: a body is discovered in Nantucket Harbor just hours before...

In the second Camilla MacPhee mystery, it's now forty below in Canada's capital, but victims' advocate Camilla is feeling the heat. When a savage serial batterer goes on the rampage looking for revenge against his former girlfriend, the terrified woman turns to Camilla and Justice for Victims for help. But a sudden change of fortune causes her client to really feel the chill. Camilla wades into the investigation, now one of murder, and gets a frosty...

"Sergeant Ray Robertson is nearing the end of his year-long tour of duty in Juba, South Sudan. He's tired of the jostling crowds and chaotic traffic, and tired of the choking red dust that blows in from the desert. But then another young women - the fourth in three weeks - turns up dead and Ray is determined to find the killer" - from back cover.

On a sunny May morning, social worker Jessica Campbell sorts through her mothers belongings after her recent funeral. In the basement, she makes a shocking discovery. Two dead girls curled into the bottom of her mothers deep-chest freezers. She remembers a pair of teenaged sisters who lived with the family in 1988 as foster children: Casey and Jamie Cheng - troubled, beautiful, and wild. After six weeks, they disappeared; social workers, police officers,...

"Connie Suarez, downsized from her job as a legal secretary, is working as a maid. She's getting used to picking up after people. But she is not prepared for the mess that awaits her when she arrives at work one morning to find her employer dead. Connie's co-worker Maria, an illegal alien from Colombia, quickly becomes the prime suspect in his murder. Connie soon realizes that she is also a potential target for violence. The question now is, will...

Eight months into a surrogate pregnancy, Detective Savannah Dunbar assists in the investigation of a double homicide that has taken a personal turn.

Fake medium Ellie Wilde is hired by a wealthy Englishman to investigate unexplained occurrences at his estate, but when an actual body appears, Ellie applies her talents for psychological insight and trickery to solve the crime.

Lian calls him boring and turns in their joint photography project in as her own, leaving Josh to come up with something alone or risk a failing grade. Determined to prove her wrong, Josh decides to head to the foothills of the Canadian Rockies to capture some daring photos of a family of bears that were recently spotted there. But he wasn't expecting the bad cell service that makes the maps on his phone useless. Lost and wandering around, Josh stumbles...