2019 recipient of the Derrick Murdoch award from the Crime Writers of CanadaAs the mountain town of Trafalgar, British Columbia, shakes off a long hard winter, famous photographer Rudolph Steiner arrives to do a feature on mountain tourism. Steiner is accompanied by his assistant and his sexy young wife, but he has another reason for the visit: to re-connect with the woman who left him 25 years ago to marry another man. That woman was a young, beautiful, naïve, int...

A small-town Canadian cop deals with crime scenes and scenic views when she heads to Banff National Park to clear her boss's son of murder in this mystery.From the Winner of the Derrick Murdoch Award from the Crime Writers of Canada"Drawing heavily on the atmospheric setting in the wilderness of Banff National Park, the story weaves environmentalism, family relationships, and Lucky and Paul's budding relationship through what is a s...

In the Shadow of the Glacier introduces a new traditional mystery series set in a bucolic mountain town in British Columbia and featuring young constable Molly Smith.Trouble is brewing in the small town of Trafalgar. Constable Molly Smith almost literally stumbles over a body, the victim of a murder. The deceased was a highly unpopular newcomer who had big plans for developing a luxury resort outside of town. However, those plans were in direct conflict with the wishes of ...

2019 recipient of the Derrick Murdoch award from the Crime Writers of CanadaWhat would it be like to return to your hometown after twenty-five years in prison for a crime you have maintained you did not commit? And why would you return?Walter Desmond is back in Trafalgar, British Columbia, having been officially exonerated when new evidence showed corruption at worst, incompetence at best, by the Trafalgar City Police running the investigat...

2019 recipient of the Derrick Murdoch award from the Crime Writers of CanadaIn the mountain town of Trafalgar, British Columbia, a young woman is found dead of a heroin overdose, her baby lying at her side. While this should be an open-and-shut drug case, restraint marks on the victim suggest that the death might not have been accidental.As the investigation into the young woman's death and life grows, the case becomes increasingly personal for Probationary...

All coppers have a first case. His might also be his last.Inverness, December 2015.The streets are frozen, the days are short, and Constable Tyler Neish is entirely out of his depth.Fresh out of training, Tyler is desperate to make a good impression. He wants to seem capable, commanding, and professional. Unfortunately, he’s mostly known for falling over in the snow and being terrified of his own shadow.But when sixteen-year-old Laura Wilder...

2019 recipient of the Derrick Murdoch award from the Crime Writers of CanadaIt's the end of March and Trafalgar, British Columbia, is preparing for the last influx of the seasonal skiers. Teachers, parents, and students are preparing to relax at home or head off on vacation. But for high school English teacher Cathy Lindsay, the week of relaxation doesn't work out as planned. She's gunned down by a sniper on a hiking trail, her small dog the only witness.Ca...

2019 recipient of the Derrick Murdoch award from the Crime Writers of Canada"Delaney glides between scenes with ease. She uses a bare-bones style, without literary flash, to achieve artistry as sturdy and restrained as a Shaker chair."— Publishers Weekly, STARRED reviewSiblings Wendy and Jason Wyatt-Yarmouth and their friends have come to the peaceful mountain town of Trafalgar, B.C. to enjoy a two-week vacation of skiing, drinking, drugs, ...

Throughout the world cotton is broadly adapted to growing in temperate, sub-tropical, and tropical environments, but growth may be challenged by future climate change. Production may be directly affected by changes in crop photosynthesis and water use due to rising CO2 and changes in regional temperature patterns. Indirect effects may result from a range of government regulations aimed at climate change mitigation. While there is certainty that future climate change will impact cotton prod...

John Constable ist der erste englische Landschaftsmaler, der den Holländern in nichts nachsteht. Er übernimmt zwar einiges von Rubens Landschaften, doch sein eigentliches Vorbild ist Gainsborough. Constable bringt einen frischen Wind in die Malerei, zum einen, was die Technik, zum anderen, was das Gefühl anbelangt. Mit Ausnahme der Franzosen war Constable der erste Landschaftsmaler, der es als wichtigste Aufgabe erachtete, zunächst in einer einzigen Sitzung in der Natur eine erste Skizze a...

2019 recipient of the Derrick Murdoch award from the Crime Writers of CanadaFifteen years ago a young girl named Moonlight Smith went to her best friend Nicky Nowak's house for a sleepover. Moonlight joined the family for breakfast the following morning and was then picked up by her mother. Shortly after, Mr. Nowak went for a walk. He was never seen again.Autumn has arrived on the mountains above Trafalgar, B.C. and Constable Molly "Moonlight" Smith is cudd...

John Constable was the first English landscape painter to take no lessons from the Dutch. He is rather indebted to the landscapes of Rubens, but his real model was Gainsborough, whose landscapes, with great trees planted in well-balanced masses on land sloping upwards towards the frame, have a rhythm often found in Rubens. Constable’s originality does not lie in his choice of subjects, which frequently repeated themes beloved by Gainsborough. Nevertheless, Constable seems to belong to a ne...