Coming in Fall 2008:

Coast Growers

by John Gleeson

After more than thirty years as the muckraking publisher of the Coast Chronicle on the B.C. shoreline, Albert Sloan made plenty of enemies. But when his body is found hanging in an apple grove off Settlers Road, the Mounties waste no time ruling his death a suicide. At the urging of Sloan’s widow, reporter Pat Ross is drawn into an investigation of Sloan’s last days. As the truth emerges, and even after a second high-profile death-by-apparent-suicide occurs, Pat is left to wonder: Had Albert Sloan stumbled onto the story of a lifetime, or was he simply a vindictive, defeated politician whose sordid past and giant ego finally caught up with him?

ISBN 978-1-894917-67-4, $15.95 CDN, $15.95 U.S., 232 pages, 5 1/8” x 7 1/2”, trade paper

Going Out With a Bang

by The Ladies Killing Circle

“Do not go gentle into that good night,” wrote Dylan Thomas, and Canada’s notorious Ladies’ Killing Circle has taken his advice to heart. In Going Out With a Bang, the dangerous dames have brought together an explosive mix of authors from across the country. Whether it’s the boom of drums, the cacophony of a train wreck, or the thud of a body crashing down the stairs, no one goes out without a fight.

Twenty authors, along with poet Joy Hewitt Mann, will chill you, entertain you or plain blow you away in this eclectic fictional brew.

ISBN 978-1-894917-68-1, $15.95 CDN, $15.95 U.S., 296 pages, 5 1/8” x 7 1/2”, trade paper

And on the Surface Die

by Lou Allin

RCMP Corporal Holly Martin takes charge of her first post, a detachment in tiny Fossil Bay on the wild south coast of Vancouver Island. Drunk drivers, speeders and the occasional theft from tourist cars lead the crime roster, but her first day starts with a distress call. A scuba diver has found the body of a girl in the surf. A tragic drowning caused by a fall? The late arrival of tox-scan results for crystal meth, the most recent plague to hit the island, raises ugly questions. Just before Holly makes an arrest, a record-setting typhoon roars in, empowered to destroy everything in its path. As the wind howls and trees crash around her, Holly struggles to survive and to bring a murderer to justice.

ISBN 978-1-894917-74-2, $15.95 CDN, $15.95 U.S., 280 pages, 5 1/8” x 7 1/2”, trade paper

Victim Impact

by Mel Bradshaw

Homicide becomes more than an academic study for Toronto criminologist Ted Boudreau when his own suburban home is burglarized, with deadly results. Was his computer targetted because of his interest in a secretive biker gang? Ted’s attempts to deal with the aftermath bring him into conflict with family, police detectives, and the Crown prosecutor assigned to the case—as well as with his university colleagues, whose penal philosophy Ted no longer believes can stand the test of real-life experience. His pursuit of justice must compete with his duty not to compromise the source of his dossier on the ruthless Dark Arrows Motorcycle Club.

ISBN 978-1-894917-70-4, $16.95 CDN, $16.95 U.S., 296 pages, 5 1/8” x 7 1/2”, trade paper