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 ...

"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...

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 ...

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 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...

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 ...

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 first Karl Alberg detective story, where life on the Sunshine Coast isn't as sunny as it seems. 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 Serge...

**“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...

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...

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...

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...