SUNNY DREAMS by Alison Preston

Baby Sunny Palmer is kidnapped from her carriage in downtown Winnipeg 1925. Eleven years later, two drifters looking for post-depression work help unravel the mystery. Preston builds the tension while involving the reader in the day-to-day lives and thoughts of the Palmer family and friends. Not your typical mystery but a well-written read.



ANNE'S PICK:

LUCKY STRIKE by Pat Wilson and Kris Wood

Lucky Strike is a comfortable, amusing mystery set in a village on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore. You will smile and nod your head in recognition as you meet the local inhabitants, their secrets, relationships, and conflicts. Life goes on as usual amongst them until a stranger from Upper Canada, a supposedly retired bureaucrat, comes to live in their midst. That is all it takes to light the spark which results in murder.



SYLVIA SUGGESTS:

FOREVER DEAD by Suzanne Kingsmill

If you love the outdoors, you will find Forever Dead by Quebec author Suzanne Kingsmill an invigorating tale, with an intricate plot and enough suspicious characters, including devious loggers and scheming academics, to keep you guessing until the surprising denouement. If you prefer to do your canoeing and wilderness tramping in your imagination, you will still enjoy the menace in the local landscape, while you curl up with a reassuring cup of tea.
On a canoeing trip in the bush north of Ottawa on the Quebec side of the river, zoology professor Cordi O'Callaghan makes the grisly discovery of a bear-mauled corpse of a fellow professor. Her expertise gradually leads her to suspect that there is more to this death than a rogue attack, and her journey back to the scene of the tragedy brings her face to face with a remorseless killer.



CAROLE'S CHOICE:

DREAM CHASERS by Barbara Fradkin