About This Book

The deadly games people play are on full display in fifteen short stories in the third anthology from Sisters in Crime—Canada West.

Old friends feature in several, such as “On The Internet Nobody Knows You’re a Dog,” where a musician turns PI to track down a stalker. “Death at the Boulangerie” forces a woman to rethink her life … and whether or not a baking contest can reveal the truth about her brother’s death. “The Electrician” discovers it’s more deadly to try to leave lifelong friends than to keep working for them.

Family ties feature in several stories, such as “Tontine Dream,” where a pregnant woman wonders just how far she might go to secure her baby’s future. “Dead Duck” illustrates the dangers of fraternal rivalry when toxic roots form deep in childhood. A teenager deals with death on the golf course as well as her parents’ floundering marriage in “Dead in the Drop Zone,” and a newspaper librarian doesn’t know whether or not her husband’s flirtation with a coworker is real until both of them disappear in “Playing With Fire.”

On a more lighthearted note, in “Do Not Pass Go” two women resort to more than one kind of leverage to prevent being renovicted from their home. And “One-Upmanship Wreck” shows how far tensions can escalate between neighbours before someone wants a final solution. And among the “Gifted Girls” at summer camp, a scholarship kid who is also the daughter of a cop notices a thing or two about the death of an unpopular instructor.

It’s a “Lucky Day” when a winning lottery ticket is found … or is it? In “The Seal’s Deadly Game,” an animal’s playfulness might prevent a death or cause one. “A Genteel Game” could reveal the next CEO at a corporate retreat if a murderer isn’t unmasked first. In “Fixed,” European football mixes with a one-night stand to enmesh a journalist, and in “King LARP,” a live-action role playing event at B&B turns deadly.

People play dangerous games. Enjoy their variety from the safety of your favourite reading nook!

Featuring these talented authors:

KL Abrahamson
Kim Bannerman
JE Barnard
Pam Barnsley
Sandra Benson
Catherine Bianco
Mirjam Dikken
PJ Donison
Marcelle Dubé
Winona Kent
Charlotte Morganti
CJ Papoutsis
Linda Sanche
Joanna Vander Vlugt
Susan Jane Wright

Winona's contribution is On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Dog.

An online scammer, a desperate victim, and a doomed West End musical.

Jason Davey's always had a soft spot for the children of old friends, which is how he finds himself sitting in a cramped South London flat, drinking Earl Grey tea and eating Jammie Dodgers while a young woman named Zoey Scattergood tells him about the man she loves. The trouble is, the man she loves is Rob Folley, a famous, unavailable American actor currently starring in the theatrical wreckage of "Haunting Hamlet". What began as a flirtatious Twitter exchange has spiralled into something considerably more complicated and considerably more dangerous.

When Rob Folley's wife turns up face-down in the Regent's Canal, what looked like a tidy case of online exploitation starts to look like something much darker. Jason is about to find out just how far obsession can travel, and how close to home it can live.

 

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