{"product_id":"crime-wave-1-kl-abramson-9781777246686","title":"Crime Wave 1: Where Maple Meets Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncludes \"Cold Wave\" by Marcelle Dubé, winner of the Crime Writers Of Canada Award of Excellence for Best Short Story.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWestern Canada. A vast and varied land of hidden coastal islands and inlets, towering icy mountains, wind-tossed ranges and wheat fields, and cold lakes that keep their secrets. These are its stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"The Potluck Brigade,\" visit a dying Alberta town and a senior citizen trying to cope with murder as well as her own failing mind. The police procedural \"Local Intelligence\" follows a young RCMP constable in an isolated coastal town facing a most unusual collection of flotsam. In \"Salty Dog Blues,\" the crew and passengers on a west coast cruise ship confront a mystery involving a \u003cem\u003everrry\u003c\/em\u003e annoying little passenger. In the Yukon, \"Cold Wave\" forces a lone cross-country skier to choose between personal safety and saving her friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"News on the Buckhorn\" brings us to British Columbia ranch country in a taut suspense tale of a timid young girl dealing with the mutilation of her show horse. Visit the prairies early in the Great War when a North West Mounted Police officer investigates an unlamented death in \"Autumn is a Time for Dying.\" An Okanagan bed and breakfast owner takes the stage in the rollicking \"A Midwinter Night's Scream\" to solve a tinsel-draped celebrity death. Finally, in \"Pickled to Death,\" a small BC town's annual Pickle Festival descends into chaos for a peck of unusual characters following the untimely demise of a pickle aficionado.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom thrilling to wistful to laugh-out-loud funny, these short stories draw the reader into a Canadian West where maple meets murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kl Abramson,Je Barnard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1777246687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781777246686\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sisters in Crime-Canada West\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Kl Abramson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48154277642495,"sku":"9781777246686","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_604eee08-f667-467f-b69a-6402bed02d71.jpg?v=1770789086","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crime-wave-1-kl-abramson-9781777246686","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}