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In 1864, headstrong Pinkerton man Zachary Beddoes is tired of guarding hotels and railway stations, so he decides to quit his life of private law-enforcement and head west for gold.

The third instalment in the Arthur Ellis award-nominated Forsyth and Hay mystery series. Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Hay of Scotland Yard believes he is dealing with a serial killer.

A dream vacation at a Mexican beach resort swiftly dissolves into a nightmare for criminologist and foodie Cait Morgan when her significant other, Bud Anderson, is wrongly arrested for the murder o

The third book in the popular Lane Winslow mystery series by an author the Globe and Mail has called a “writer to watch.”It’s early spring of 1947 in idyllic King’s Cove, and the Hughes ladies, mèr

The stories in Far Pastures take readers to R.M. Patterson’s homestead in the Peace River country of northern Alberta. To all-night dances that ended as the northern lights faded in the dawn.

With sharp, witty reviews of the best spots in town to slake your thirst, Drinking Vancouver: 100+ Great Bars in the City and Beyond is the pocket-sized booze bible for locals and visitors craving

A vividly wrought memoir, Last Dance in Shediac is a collection of the author’s personal memories of her mother—celebrated Canadian artist Molly Lamb Bobak—and a tender meditation on life and death

One size fits all does not apply to pregnancy and childbirth. Each one is different, unique, and comes with its share of pleasure and pain.

Few men have been as set on isolated adventures and as passionate about the wild landscape of Canada as R.M. Patterson.

A revolutionary cookbook using an ancient grain, Go Barley: Modern Recipes for an Ancient Grain includes more than one hundred healthy, delicious, easy-to-follow recipes that will become favourites

The wildest, loveliest and least-travelled region of Alberta was R.M. Patterson’s home territory in the 1930s and ’40s.

Nuts make the most mundane foods extraordinary. The added crunch or buttery smoothness of a certain nut can change the dish completely.

Paula Savard’s life has stalled. Her lukewarm love life, job as an insurance adjuster and grownup children are more frustrating than exciting.

The Deerholme Foraging Book is an exploration of the wild foods found in the Pacific Northwest.

The second book in the Cait Morgan Mysteries brings overindulgent foodie and criminologist Cait Morgan to the vineyards of British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley.A world-famous vintner is dead.