Capital Crime Writers Presents: a Mystery (Volume 2): Twenty-Three Page-Turning Mysteries And City Full of Secrets

A CAPITAL MYSTERY VOLUME 2 is the follow up to the bestselling A CAPITAL MYSTERY. Edited by Bernadette Cox and Mike Martin (award-winning and bestselling author of the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series) it features 23 talented mystery authors. PRAISE FOR A CAPITAL MYSTERY (Volume 1) "Compelling stories that pull you into Ottawa's shadows. A tour de force of mystery and suspense." -Rick Mofina, Best-selling Canadian mystery author From 'Captain Canada, ' to 'the nuclear option, ' there is truly something for everyone in an anthology as Canadian as...a winter in Ottawa!" - Melodie Campbell, Award-winning author of The Silent Film Star Murders A Capital Mystery Volume 2: Driving alone at night as she returns home to Ottawa, a woman stops for a young man who is desperately waving from the side of the road. What could possibly go wrong?Suburban life is anything but monotonous for Tracy Wyndham, who gets more than she bargained for after spying on her neighbour.Officer Carson teams up with his granddaughter, Lizzie, to solve a most perplexing crime of numbers threatening daily life at Statistics Canada.Dorothy and Shirley are no ordinary octogenarians. Taking advantage of their well-honed skills in observation, research and acting, the lifelong friends crack the Lansdowne Park murder wide open.Explore the rich tapestry and history of Ottawa, Canada's capital, through the eyes of 23 local authors. A Capital Mystery Volume 2 is the newest anthology release of short story mysteries set in Ottawa, following last year's highly successful A Capital Mystery. From Kanata to Orléans, from Britannia Beach to the Mer Bleue Bog, these lawyers, piano teachers, photographers and puppeteers uncover mischief, mayhem and even murder in modern-day Ottawa. They also bring us back to our collective past to recall the live music at Le Hibou or to imagine the awe felt as new carillon bells rang out from Parliament Hill after the Great War. Enter this collection of fiction and experience the community, vibrancy and mysterious soul defining our nation's capital. FEATURING: MIKE MARTIN BRENDA CHAPMAN CHRISTINA SPENCER GARY COFFIN JENNIFER GEENS ELIZABETH HOSANG BERNADETTE HENDRICKX MICHAEL J. MCCANN KATHY MACLELLAN JENNIFER JORGENSEN KIM BLANCHE LEIGH THERRIAULT RUBY URLOCKER SUZAN MANDLA ELENA FORTIN JAGJEET SHARMA A. E. PITTMAN GLENDA STEWART MATT DODGE MAYA VALENZUELA ROSS DAVID WILSON SYLVIA DAVIES ANDREW KOHUTFEATURED MYSTERY TROPES: Accidental Sleuth Amateur Sleuth Cozy Spin Isolated Setting / Closed Room Mystery Unreliable Narrator