CONGRATULATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

Mme Rosemary McCracken’s  Riversong, the newest instalment in the Pat Tierney Mystery Series, is here! The print edition is available now on Amazon, and the Kindle edition can be pre-ordered there as well and will be released Sept. 30. Riversong is published by Carrick Publishing. https://www.amazon.ca/Riversong-Rosemary-McCracken/dp/1772422231/ref=sr_1_1

MURDER GRABS THE HEADLINES AND PAT TIERNEY IS ON THE CASE!

Financial advisor Pat Tierney’s new client appears to live a charmed life. Monika Lentz is beautiful, wealthy, and enjoying a successful career as the star columnist at the Toronto World newspaper. When she confides that she is pregnant, Pat’s heart goes out to her, knowing that raising a child alone can be challenging. Soon after her meeting with Pat, Monika fails to make her newspaper column’s deadline. She is later found strangled in her bed.

Matt Ryder, a Toronto World police reporter, is devastated by the news of Monika’s murder. He and Pat set out to learn who took this vibrant woman’s life—and why.

Mme Lisa de Nikolits’ new novel, Mad Dog and the Sea Dragon, is now available for pre-order on Amazon:  Mad Dog and the Sea Dragon: de Nikolits, Lisa: Amazon.ca: Books

Mad Dog and the Sea Dragon is a noir, darkly comedic caper set in current time but written as a 1950’s hard-boiled suspense thriller. The central plot is a series of age-old cons playing out in real time. The reader isn’t sure who to trust. Is our stylish heroine an unreliable narrator? One thing’s for sure, she’s got a backbone of steel. What about her sister? Is she a killer with a fondness for nose candy? And you don’t want to mess with the mob boss antagonist, Vincenzo Esposito, a gangster, whose love for a murder photographer finds its way into his business dealings. Greed drives the stakes higher and higher, complicated by sibling rivalry, doomed love affairs and unresolved parental cruelty.

The Capital Crimes team are bringing out A Capital Mystery, an anthology of crime stories set in our nation’s capital, Ottawa. The book features stories by two Mmes:  “Pressure Point” by Mme Madona Skaff and “Cold Shoulder” by Mme Melissa Yi.

A Capital Mystery celebrates the magic, complexity and, above all, the mystery of Ottawa. Published by Ottawa Press and Publishing and edited by Mike Martin, the anthology will be available on October 15th at local bookstores across the city. The anthology is sponsored by Crime Writers of Canada and Capital Crime Writers. 

 For more information about the anthology: https://www.facebook.com/story.php/?story_fbid=122136487748927255&id=61577817650494

Mme Melissa Yi has a story in the September / October issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.  “The Sailing of the Serpent Goddess” features Melissa’s character, Merry Bennett, from Melissa’s updated version of Pride and Prejudice.

Mme Madona Skaff’s speculative fiction story, “Silence is Platinum”, was published in Outside In: Can Live With It. This anthology celebrates over 30 years of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and features 171 stories related to all 171 episodes of the show. Madona’s story is inspired by the episode, “The Muse”.

 ATB Publishing – non-fiction books about your favorite fictional worlds

DON’T MISS!

Welcome to WOTS

Word on the Street’s 36th Annual Festival is on at the David Pecault Square, Toronto, September 27th and 28th.

Join Mme Melodie Campbell, featured panelist, on Saturday, September 27th at 5:00 PM for The Grounding Power of Escapist Fiction.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

This February, Lorne Tepperman, Crime Writers of Canada’s Ontario rep, launched a newsletter for members where we share writing advice, book reviews and naturally, our book promotions! Many of the Mmes have been regular contributors for a while now including: Mmes Melodie Campbell, M. H. Callway, Rosemary McCracken, Lynne Murphy, Madona Skaff and Melissa Yi. If you’re a CWC member, be sure to sign up!