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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...

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 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 ...

Why did no other ancient society produce something like the Bible? That a tiny, out of the way community could have created a literary corpus so determinative for peoples across the globe seems improbable. For Jacob Wright, the Bible is not only a testimony of survival, but also an unparalleled achievement in human history. Forged after Babylon's devastation of Jerusalem, it makes not victory but total humiliation the foundation of a new idea of belonging. Lamenting the destruction of thei...

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 ...

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 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 "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...

Summer along the Sunshine Coast is murderously hot in this moody mystery from "Canada's Queen of Crime Fiction" —the basis for the Fox TV and Hulu series Murder in a Small Town ( Chatelaine ).RCMP Sergeant Karl Alberg is attempting to escape the heat with his girlfriend Cassandra when they discover a body on the beach, fresh from a fatal plunge into the icy, all‑too‑appealing waves. As Alberg knows from his days as a big‑c...

Amid the 1900 Galveston hurricane, one woman's perseverance is tested in this captivating story from the author whose work has been called "intelligent and arresting" ( Foreword Reviews ) and "historical fiction as it is meant to be told" ( Library Journal )."Old Galveston shines in this beautifully written tale of a woman's quest to both lose herself and find herself."

The planet’s reliance on industrial agriculture has resulted in serious environmental and social costs, including high greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss and widening gaps in food security across the world. Transitioning to agroecological practices is recognised as one solution to reversing the unsustainable trajectory of energy-intensive food systems.The science and practice of agroecology: Pathway to sustainable food systems explores key developments and issues ...