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 ...

"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...

**“Screw a fresh lightbulb into your bedside lamp, lucky reader, and snuggle in for a nonstop, cover-to-cover ride.” -The Vancouver Sun“A wonderful, dense and detailed story with murder, mayhem and a serial killer. … [In Acts of Murder,] everyone has a past.” -The Calgary Herald**From the doyenne of detective novels and the inspiration for the major TV series Murder in a Small Town (starring Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk), the final...

From the doyenne of detective novels and the inspiration for the major TV series Murder in a Small Town (starring Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk), the second Karl Alberg detective story--is he the detective or the suspect? Murder in a Small Town will air Tuesdays this Fall on FOX and Global TV.For fans of Shetland and Broadchurch, British Columbia's Sunshine Coast isn't always so sunny for Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg. Karl Al...

From the doyenne of detective novels and the inspiration for the major TV series Murder in a Small Town (starring Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk), the third Karl Alberg detective story, where a new resident ties Alberg's life up in knots. Murder in a Small Town will air Tuesdays this Fall on FOX and Global TV.For fans of Shetland and Broadchurch, British Columbia's Sunshine Coast isn't always so sunny for Staff Sergeant Karl...

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...

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...

On average, one in four adults aged eighteen to twenty-five claim abuse of various substances commonly referred to as "addiction." This harrowing statistic is one that has become even more drastic in the years following the coronavirus pandemic, with global anxiety and lockdowns only leading to more substance abuse. On top of this, the college experience, and young adulthood in general, present stressors and other various reasons for substance use. The good news is that there are steps tha...

When fate binds a cursed warrior to a forbidden sorceress, desire becomes a weapon—and love becomes the greatest threat of all.Elara Duvall has spent her life hiding from the truth written in her blood.When the Blood Moon rises, an ancient mark awakens on her skin, revealing a power tied to a forgotten witch lineage. Hunted by the Moon Order and feared by those who cannot understand her magic, Elara must flee before the curse within her consumes everything ...

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!

This book provides practicing pathologists, dermatologists, cutaneous oncologists and dermatopathologists with a reference textbook that reviews the clinical and histopathologic features of skin disorders that affect children, along with a discussion of the molecular pathogenesis for each disease as it is currently known. The book includes a concise discussion of the clinical presentation, as well as the histologic and, when appropriate, immunohistochemical features of each disease. The bo...

Building on various feminist theories of ethos, the authors in this collection explore how North American Catholic women from various periods, races, ethnicities, sexualities, and classes have used elements of the group’s positionality to make change. The women considered in the book range from the earliest Catholic sisters who arrived in the United States to women who held the Church hierarchy accountable for the sexual abuse scandals. The book analyzes women such as those in an African A...