Crime Wave - Where Maple Meets Murder
Come Catch the Wave of Western Canadian Crime Fiction with Crime Wave - Where Maple Meets Murder, the first anthology from members of the Canada West Chapter of Sisters in Crime.Crimes at sea, in coastal villages, in wind-tossed Prairie fields, on icy mountains, in valleys that, instead of offering shelter, trap their residents in fear.
The mysteries unfurl in the cold of a Yukon winter night, on a boutique cruise ship, along the Pacific coast and in the BC interior, in a dying Alberta town as winter closes in and in a historical Saskatchewan farming community in the heat of summer. They're investigated by an amateur sleuth who’s smarter than the local police detective, a freezing cross-country skier, the desperate owners of a struggling B&B, a timid teenage girl, a young RCMP officer, a cruise-ship entertainer, and a senior combating both dementia and murder.
The eight mystery stories in Crime Wave range from thrilling, to wistful, to laugh-out-loud funny.
Winona's contribution, Salty Dog Blues, features ship's entertainer and amateur sleuth Jason Davey in a prequel to Cold Play. Working aboard the cruise ship Star Sapphire as she sails towards Alaska, Jason must solve the mystery of a missing (and highly annoying) Chihuahua which has been brought aboard the vessel by an equally infuriating passenger.
Salty Dog Blues was nominated as a finalist in Crime Writers of Canada's Awards of Excellence for Best Crime Novella on April 21, 2021.
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