Detective and mystery fiction
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This double edition of the Joe Grundy Mystery series presents Marc Strange's Sucker Punch and Body Blows.Sucker Punch: Joe Grundy is an ex-heavyweight boxer whose main claim to fame was that he got knocked out by champ Evander Holyfield. Now he's chief of security for a posh old hotel, the Lord Douglas, in downtown Vancouver, and life is pretty good. But then a young neo-hippie inherits more than half a billion dollars and decides to give it all away.
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This double edition of the Mister Jinnah Mysteries series presents Donald J. Hauka’s Mister Jinnah Securities and She Demons. Hakeem Jinnah is a politically incorrect but relentless crime reporter for the Vancouver Tribune who finds himself embroiled in an increasingly bizarre series of police investigations. Fast-paced, funny, and suspenseful, the Mister Jinnah series feature the larger-than-life crime reporter, flirtatious and always resourceful. Jinnah has to use every ounce of his investigative genius to solve a crime and make a few extra dollars on the side.
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On Haida Gwaii, Meg unravels a story of betrayal that reaches back more than a century. While visiting Vancouver, Meg Harris encounters the crime scene of a murdered Haida carver. She and her husband Eric are forced to confront Eric’s painful past when the young victim’s identity is discovered. The repercussions send them up the coast to the islands of Haida Gwaii, land of the Haida, in search of the murdered boy’s family and his killer. As the search progresses, a totem pole carver sets out to depict the ancient tale of a long-ago chief’s treasure and how it incited deception and shame.
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Now available in one bundle for the first time, the first seven books of the Jack Taggart Mystery series are gathered together, including the latest mystery, Corporate Asset. "Ripped from the headlines … Easton, an ex-Mountie, knows his police work." - Globe and Mail "One of the best hard-nosed series in Canada." - Hamilton Spectator "Swift action, sudden violence and compassion told in a style that keeps you turning the pages.
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This double edition of the Moretti and Falla Mystery series presents Jill Downie’s Daggers and Men’s Smiles and A Grave Waiting.Daggers and Men’s Smiles: Lights! Camera! Action! On the English Channel island of Guernsey, Detective Inspector Ed Moretti and his new partner, Liz Falla, investigate vicious attacks on Epicure Films.
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For the first time, this ebook bundle presents all three novels in C.B. Forrest's Charlie McKelvey Mysteries series, short-listed for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Fiction."A tour de force, the crime fiction trifecta." - Tim Wynne-Jones, author of Blink & Caution and two-time Governor General Award winner The Weight of Stones - A Charlie McKelvey Mystery #1 Detective Charlie McKelvey's life has been stuck on pause since the murder of his runaway son. Burdened with guilt, obsessed with the investigation, McKelvey starts to comes unhinged.
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Cordi O’Callaghan is trapped on a remote island research station and in way over her head. While a hurricane rages, Cordi stalks a murderer — or is it the other way around? Zoologist Cordi O’Callaghan thinks she’s in for a relaxing birdsong study at a research station on Spaniel Island, off the coast of South Carolina. But, as usual, she can’t escape the chaos that follows her everywhere she goes. As a hurricane rages, trapping her and the rest of the researchers, the director of the station is found dead under troubling circumstances.
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This double edition of the Paul Shenstone Mystery series presents Mel Bradshaw’s original hit novel and its just-released sequel. Surviving the horrors of the Great War only be plunged into the machinations of rumrunners and plutocrats, detective Paul Shenstone keeps watch in the shadows of the Jazz Age.
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This ebook bundle contains the first nine novels of the Inspector Green Mystery series by Barbara Fradkin. On dangerous backstreets of Ottawa, Homicide Inspector Michael Green leads complex investigations into sensational cases. When his job puts his marriage, life, and even his family in harm's way, Green's obsession with uncovering the truth leaves him grappling with the ultimate meaning of justice.
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In one volume for the first time, this bundle presents the first three novels of the Holly Martin Mystery series by Lou Allin. At her first RCMP post in tiny Fossil Bay on the wild south coast of Vancouver Island, Holly falls in love with island life.