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Just before the outbreak of the Second World War, 14-year-old Violet McPherson and her parents visit the legendary Sulphur Springs Hotel, famous for its healing waters. Violet begins to suspect something devious is going on behind the hotel’s luxurious façade, and she unknowingly becomes party to a murder. Now, at the age of 84, Violet wants to make peace with her ghosts. She returns to the hotel, which is now in ruins, searching for clues to the past. Part mystery, part coming-of-age story, The Sulphur Springs Cure is filled with nuanced characters, intrigue and wry humor. With its focus on character rather than on plot and its octogenarian sleuth, it is a sharp departure from Jeffrey Round’s gritty Dan Sharp mysteries, displaying the author’s range and versatility. I’m a sucker for local settings, and The Sulphur Springs Cure is set in a favorite haunt of mine: the Sulphur Springs Trail…
"An extremely satisfying reading experience." - Toronto Star
In 1939, fourteen-year-old Violet and her parents arrive at the Sulphur Springs Hotel, drawn in along with other desperate guests by legends of the waters' restorative properties. Here, curious young Violet strikes up an instant friendship with the hotelier's worldly daughter, Julia. Together, they attempt to solve the mysteries behind the hotel's luxury facade - including the cases of the brownie thief, the secretive hotel director, and the flirtatious gardener.
But when one of Violet's investigations leads her to commit an act of treachery, she unwittingly aids a murderous plot. Seventy years…
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
March Roars is the fourth mystery in Maureen Jennings’ Paradise Café series. The Toronto newspapers have reported the arrest of two Black teenagers in a burglary, but did the pair commit the crime? Not according to Olivia Brodie, who was running an errand on the morning of the robbery when she saw two men behaving suspiciously near the burgled home. Two white men. Probably best known for her 1890s-era Detective Murdoch Mysteries on which the Murdoch Mysteries TV series is based, Jennings focuses on Toronto in the late 1930s in her current series. Those were years when the world was still reeling from the War to End All Wars and in the grip of the Great Depression. The books describe the poverty and the racial tensions in Toronto. The settings aren’t pretty, but they bring the city I live in to life. I’m fascinated by the glimpse into its past…
“A grave injustice.” Those are the words in the letter sent to Charlotte Frayne, P.I., on a cold March morning.. The newspapers have reported on the arrest of two Black teenagers in a burglary, but did the pair actually commit the crime? Not according to the letter’s sender, Mrs. Olivia Brodie. A resident of the Toronto House of Industry — “the poor house” — Mrs. Brodie was running an early morning errand when she witnessed, on the morning of the crime, two men behaving in a suspicious manner near the burgled home: two white men.. Meanwhile, Charlotte is investigating another…
