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In the first Camilla MacPhee mystery, Camilla runs a law office specializing in Justice for Victims of violent crimes. Her uneasy association with the world of crime takes a bizarre turn when a vicious fashion columnist is crucified in a downtown hotel room. Camilla's best friend, Robin, was on her way to meet the victim and has become the main suspect. Camilla sets out to vindicate her friend, but the investigati... 

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In the second camilla MacPhee mystery, it's now forty below in Canada's capital. When a savage serial batterer goes on the rampage looking for revenge against his former girlfriend, the terrified woman turns to Camilla and Justice for Victims for help. But a sudden change of fortune causes her client to really feel the chill. Soon everyone connected with the case is either cooling their heels behind bars or trying... 

Facebook-gebruiker says: “First book was interesting enough to start me on the second.... Great to find Canadien talent”

 

It's Labor Day, Camille's favorite weekend of the year. She's planning to relax and ponder what's happening in her relationship with policeman Sgt. Ray Deveau. She's emphatically not planning to get involved in anything that means trouble. No wonder the news that an old acquaintance has had an accident comes as a surprise. There must be some mistake. By the time Camille unearths Laura's connection to a violent rev... 

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Remembrance Day is a proud day for Camilla's good friend Mrs. Violet Parnell, one of five thousand Canadian women who went overseas during World War II. But the day after Remembrance Day, Mrs. Parnell vanishes. Camilla, with only a few letters and documents to guide her, follows her friend to Tuscany, chasing through historic towns, across high promontories, and along steep mountain roads. Vanishing partisans and ... 

M Ellen says: “Very Good....wished I was in Italy....already in Canada!”

 

Poor Fiona Silk is broke again. Her romance writing career is tanking, her ex-husband's stalling with her divorce settlement and her tiny house may be sold for unpaid taxes. But Fiona's new agent, Lola, has a plan. Fiona can write an erotic cookbook. It's good timing since the TV event, Hot Stuff! En Feu! is being shot in her small town. Producers, staff, and media are about to descend on the village, including ... 

Anonymous User says: “Totally enjoyed this read! Loved that the ending wasn't totally foreseen ahead of time, and found...”

 

Camilla MacPhee is looking forward to cutting loose at Ottawa's Bluesfest, a huge open-air extravaganza, and to seeing the tail end of her annoying office assistant, Alvin, who is finally quitting. Then the news comes from the East Coast. Alvin's younger brother Jimmy has vanished from the midst of a Canada Day crowd in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Is he dead? Sleuthing irritably about Sydney on Alvin's behalf, Camilla ma... 

Dawn says: “It took awhile to get me interested and turned out to be a good read.”