Turnstone Press

Some folks have a talent for finding trouble, no matter how good they try to be, especially Randy Craig. Maybe she shouldn’t date a cop. Maybe she should have turned down the job at the Folkways Collection library—a job that became a nightmare when a rich benefactor’s belligerent heir turned up dead. Randy tried to be good—honest!—but now she’s a prime suspect with a motive and no alibi in sight.

A terrific story, engrossing and inventive. Van Rooy has upped the ‘anti’ in his hero and given us a character who is irresistible­—endlessly resourceful, morally complex, and very funny. Be a crime not to read it. —Terry Griggs

“[An Ordinary Decent Criminal] is funny, fast-paced and so hugely compelling it’s hard to put down. Van Rooy has all the elements—a terrific protagonist, a twisting plot and a writing style that snaps along.”—Winnipeg Free Press

Blaylock is back! This time she's taking the fight to Capitol Hill. Complete with the operatic action Canada's fiercest rogue soldier is known for, Blaylock faces who will be the head of the class.

Shortlisted for an Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel

Charlie Tate and Elodie Gray make a striking couple. Charlie, a shaven-headed weightlifter who has worked as a seaman, carnival huckster and hustler, now earns his keep as an unlicensed private investigator specializing in extricating clients' money from thieves. Elodie is his poised, blue-blood, super-sleuth wheelchair-bound wife. Together, they are an unstoppable, no-nonsense crime-fighting team who thrive on bringing down wealthy drips trying to get away with murder - literally.

The Finger's Twist is more than a whodunit -- It's a story of unlikely lovers defying emotional and physical odds and a clash of differing social castes, prejudices, and political worlds.

Award-winning author Catherine Hunter serves up a haunting thriller that will keep you enthralled.

The University of Alberta’s English Department is caught up in a maelstrom of poison-pen letters, graffiti and misogyny. Miranda Craig seems to be both target and investigator, wreaking havoc on her new-found relationship with one of Edmonton’s finest.

“Janice MacDonald’s intelligence and insight into human behaviour make her one of the most promising new writers on the Canadian mystery scene.”
— Gail Bowen

"Spellbinding ... Janice MacDonald populates academe with real characters and puts the humanity back in the Humanities.”
—W.P. Kinsella

Criminal Intent reveals a hard and merciless Monty Haaviko. Freshly released from a stint in prison, Monty goes looking for revenge on the partner who let him take the fall for a bank robbery gone wrong.

Dudley’s second Robyn Devara mystery, The Red Heron continues Devara’s ­intriguing misadventures. The poison in the ground and possibly in the water table of an environmentally sensitive wetland turns out to be the least of the crew’s ­worries as a sniper takes aim at Devara’s latest project. Sabotage turns into murder most bizarre when a dead man is found with a garden variety gnome and a pack of Polaroids.

Amidst looming controversy and long-buried secrets, Robyn begins to suspect everyone: a psychiatric patient with a history of violence, the victim's stepfather, a disturbed accountant, the faceless saboteur, even her best friend's mother. Physically vulnerable and emotionally torn, Robyn struggles to find the killer--or killers.

Too bad the gnomes aren't talking....