Includes "Cold Wave" by Marcelle Dubé, winner of the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for Best Short Story.Western Canada. A vast and varied land of hidden coastal islands and inlets, towering icy mountains, wind-tossed ranges and wheat fields, and cold lakes that keep their secrets. These are its stories.In "The Potluck Brigade," visit a dying Alberta town and a senior citizen trying to cope with murder as well as her own failing mind. ...

"These beautifully written short stories will draw you in immediately with their vivid settings and then at the end allow you, brimming with the happy knowledge of justice served, to go off and make yourself a celebratory cup of tea." —Iona Whishaw, award-winning, bestselling author of the Lane Winslow MysteriesWhat does home mean to you? Is it a cozy cottage in a forest, a house whose windows overlook the ocean, a bungalow filled with the smell of baking, a high-r...