First in the acclaimed series that launched Fox TV and Hulu's Murder in a Small Town : "Every bit as good as the novels of P. D. James and Ruth Rendell." — PeopleThis Edgar Award winner is "one of the best books of the year . . . a novel with a special sense of grace" ( The Boston Globe).To Karl Alberg, the coastal town of Sechelt, just north of ...

A "stunning mystery" in the Edgar Award–winning series that launched Fox TV and Hulu's Murder in a Small Town —"the ending is a real killer" ( The New York Times )."[Wright] can keep up with the best crime writers—even the Ruth Rendells and the P.D. Jameses." — Toronto SunIn this masterpiece of psychological suspense, the real vi...

A Canadian cop is up against a local femme fatale in this award-winning mystery from the series that inspired Fox TV and Hulu's Murder in a Small Town ."Truly splendid." —Jonathan KellermanWinner of the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for Best NovelIt's sunny days for Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg, even as everyone else in Canada is shivering. The magnificent Cass...

Summer along the Sunshine Coast is murderously hot in this moody mystery from "Canada's Queen of Crime Fiction" —the basis for the Fox TV and Hulu series Murder in a Small Town ( Chatelaine ).RCMP Sergeant Karl Alberg is attempting to escape the heat with his girlfriend Cassandra when they discover a body on the beach, fresh from a fatal plunge into the icy, all‑too‑appealing waves. As Alberg knows from his days as a big‑c...

"Spellbinding . . . Wright tells her fiendish tale in angelic prose" in the Edgar Award–winning crime series—the basis for Fox TV and Hulu's Murder in a Small Town ( Toronto Star )."[Wright] can keep up with the best crime writers—even the Ruth Rendells and the P.D. Jameses." — Toronto SunGordon Murphy has a Midas touch for busi...

A teenager is arrested for his parents' murder in a Canadian seaside village in this "riveting psychological puzzle" ( Booklist) —from the series that launched Fox TV and Hulu's Murder in a Small Town ."[Wright] can keep up with the best crime writers—even the Ruth Rendells and the P.D. Jameses." — Toronto SunVancouver's "Sunshin...

An atmospheric crime thriller set on Canada's Sunshine Coast in the series that's the basis for Fox TV and Hulu's Murder in a Small Town , by "a master of the psychological thriller" ( Booklist) and an "even funnier writer than [Ruth] Rendell" ( Vancouver Sun ).Karl Alberg was a big‑city cop, for Pete's sake. He solved crimes involving ...

An award-winning mystery in the series that launched Fox TV and Hulu's Murder in a Small Town , by "a master of the psychological thriller" ( Booklist)."Wright is fully [Ruth Rendell's] equal in psychological studies of compulsion." — Kirkus ReviewsWinner of the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for Best Novel

A serial killer stalks the Sunshine Coast in this "tightly plotted . . . richly atmospheric" ( Booklist ) installment of the Edgar Award–winning series—the inspiration for Fox TV and Hulu's Murder in a Small Town ."Wright is fully [Ruth Rendell's] equal in psychological studies of compulsion." — Kirkus ReviewsThe ninth and final ...

Alexa Martinez was raised to believe that murder, deceit, and lies were a part of life. A trained killer, she follows in her father’s footsteps, specializing in political assassinations for Martinez Security—contracted through the CIA. She thrives on the power, money, respect, and—most of all—the adrenaline rush. Despite the danger associated with her profession, Alexa strives to give her children a normal life.But when her past catches up with her, they become pawns in a deadly ga...

From the Edgar Award-winning author of The Suspect and A Chill Rain in January comes another spellbinding novel of psychological suspense set on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia - a superbly crafted story of love, hate, and murder…In the seaside village of Sechelt, Emma O’Brea prepares a dinner to celebrate six years of marriage: a union she has polished to gleaming perfection, along with her showcase home. The next morning her husband leaves for work, never...

It's midsummer in British Columbia, and it's hot. Murderously hot, as RCMP Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg finds when his day at the beach with his ex is cut short by the discovery of a fresh corpse. And back in Sechelt, a nuisance call from an eccentric redneck swiftly leads Alberg into a psychological Gordian knot and a second crime a decade old.Redneck Herman Ferguson is unkempt, unpleasant, and possibly dangerous. His long-suffering wife wants nothing to do with his assortment of ca...