New Release!

Dear friends— A week from today, on Friday, August 25, AFTER THE WINTER comes out. I’m excited to bring you the first book in a new mystery series set in Quebec, THE ASHLEY SMEETON FILES. “A perfect read for a rainy afternoon…,” says my first review! AFTER THE WINTER stems from my addiction to mid-twentieth […]

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Toronto Gothic

The Canadian writer Margaret Millar was Agatha Christie’s favourite mystery novelist.  For very good reason.  THE IRON GATES (1945) is set in Toronto – the gated park in the book being Toronto’s very own High Park under snow.  The novel falls into the category Urban Ontario Vintage Winter Gothic – a category I might have […]

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