Academia Mysteries

Charlie Salter

First book: The night the gods smiled

by Eric Wright

Inspector Charlie Salter, a detective with the Toronto Police Department, is assigned to solve the murder of Professor David Summers, an English pr...

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Inspector Green Mystery

First book: Do or die

by Barbara Fradkin

Ottawa homicide inspector Michael Green is absolutely obsessed with his job, a condition which has almost ruined his marriage several times. When t...

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Lila Birch Murder Mystery

First book: Terminal Year

by Vappu Tyyskä

Lively, energetic, and with a quirky tendency for inner monologues, Lila Birch lives her dream in the small, picturesque university town of Colling...

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Randy Craig Mystery

First book: Sticks and Stones

by Janice E. MacDonald

How dangerous can words be? The University of Alberta's English Department is caught up in a maelstrom of poison-pen letters, graffiti and misogyny...

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Inspector Coswell Mystery

First book: The Extra Cadaver Murder

by Roy Innes

RCMP Inspector Coswell is back. A university professor is murdered and his corpse is revealed to a first year anatomy class in spectacular fashion-...

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Arthur Beauchamp

First book: I'll See You in My Dreams

by William Deverell

Arthur Beauchamp, after a successful and much-lauded career at the criminal bar, is now retired to Garibaldi Island. His immediate desire is to win...

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Last Lullaby

Stand-alone

by Alice Walsh

When Claire and Bram's only child dies suddenly, it at first appears to be a case of crib death. But when the real cause of death indicates homicid...

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