Crime Writers of Canada Presents: A Capital Mystery
(2025)An anthology of stories edited by Bernadette Cox and Mike Martin
A CAPITAL MYSTERY ANTHOLOGY is presented by THE CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA and features 21 talented mystery authors. Edited by Bernadette Cox and Mike Martin (award-winning and bestselling author of the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series) with an introduction by bestselling author Ron Corbett (Yakabuski Mystery Series and Danny Barrett Mystery Series)
‘Compelling stories that pull you into Ottawa's shadows. A tour de force of mystery and suspense." Rick Mofina Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, bestselling author.
An heiress befriends a saleswoman at Ogilvy’s department store in 1955. They fall in love with the same man. What could go wrong?
An unknown assailant is terrorizing the quiet suburban neighbourhood of Riverside South. Can a young boy succeed where the adults have failed and put an end to the reign of terror?
An upmarket restaurant in downtown Ottawa is plagued by threats from a poison pen. The proprietor, the chef and a former vice cop turned major domo try to fend off disaster while cooking up a side order of romance.
A young artist travels to Bytown in the early 1850s. An employee of the artist’s uncle turns up dead, and the only clue to the killer’s identity seems to be a sketch the artist made near the crime scene. Can this sketch solve the man's murder?
These mysteries, and seventeen more, can be found in A Capital Mystery, an anthology of short stories that span the length, breadth and history of Ottawa, Canada’s capital city.
Some of our mysteries are set in modern times, some reach all the way back to Bytown, Ottawa’s original settlement. But what each story features — whatever the setting — is a crime that will leave you wondering, or leave you shocked, or maybe, awake at night wondering if you should read one more.
A Capital Mystery is a book that celebrates the magic, history and most of all — mystery — that is Ottawa.
Genre: Mystery
‘Compelling stories that pull you into Ottawa's shadows. A tour de force of mystery and suspense." Rick Mofina Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, bestselling author.
An heiress befriends a saleswoman at Ogilvy’s department store in 1955. They fall in love with the same man. What could go wrong?
An unknown assailant is terrorizing the quiet suburban neighbourhood of Riverside South. Can a young boy succeed where the adults have failed and put an end to the reign of terror?
An upmarket restaurant in downtown Ottawa is plagued by threats from a poison pen. The proprietor, the chef and a former vice cop turned major domo try to fend off disaster while cooking up a side order of romance.
A young artist travels to Bytown in the early 1850s. An employee of the artist’s uncle turns up dead, and the only clue to the killer’s identity seems to be a sketch the artist made near the crime scene. Can this sketch solve the man's murder?
These mysteries, and seventeen more, can be found in A Capital Mystery, an anthology of short stories that span the length, breadth and history of Ottawa, Canada’s capital city.
Some of our mysteries are set in modern times, some reach all the way back to Bytown, Ottawa’s original settlement. But what each story features — whatever the setting — is a crime that will leave you wondering, or leave you shocked, or maybe, awake at night wondering if you should read one more.
A Capital Mystery is a book that celebrates the magic, history and most of all — mystery — that is Ottawa.
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"Compelling stories that pull you into Ottawa's shadows. A tour de force of mystery and suspense." - Rick Mofina
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