Merrilee Robson

Well, yeah, you've got your water, canned food, dry food, then the other wet food because cat is suddenly refusing to eat the food that used to be his favourite, then the other dry food (same reason.) Then treats. All seems reasonable to me.

Now available from Bonny Beswick - The Aquamarine Necklace. Should Calgary City Police Detective Janice Maidstone continue to pursue a hard-won career, or return to the ranching life in remote southern Saskatchewan to carry on a family legacy?
www.bonnybeswick.com/murder-mystery

Saturday January 17, 2026
10:00 A.M. Pacific

Karen Sommerville presents “More Than Backdrop: Setting as Your Most Powerful Character”
A 90-minute craft workshop

Workshop is free but registration required.
More info here:
sinc-cw.ca/upcoming-eve...

A new podcast of a Christmas sory set in 1941 Vancouver: mysteryratsmaze.podbean.com/e/all-is-bri...

Stocking Stuffers from the Short Mystery Fiction Society About Shortmystery, genre insight from every perspective: reading, writing, revising, submitting, editing, publishing, and publicity.

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Congrats Winona!

Jake always comes the cafe at the same time, sits at the same table. So, when one day he doesn't , waitress Shelly investigates. My story, "The Invisible Detective," is out now in this grab bag of short crime fiction. www.murderousinkpress.co.uk/crimeucopia-...

New from Liz Ireland! Mrs. Claus and the Very Vicious Valentine

As Valentine’s Day approaches, love is in the air with April Claus’s friend, Claire, getting married to Jake Frost—but when a cold-blooded killer strikes, it sends shivers through Santaland...

www.kensingtonbooks.com/978149674896...

Will You Join The Fight? British Columbians deserve local governments that reflect the diversity and voices of their communities, not outdated systems designed to silence them.

Are you tired of being ignored by City Hall? Your voice deserves to be heard. Join the fight to make local elections fair in British Columbia: www.fixcityhall.ca/petition?rec...

Home should be a place of safety. But what if it’s not?
Last chance to submit to Sisters in Crime—Canada West’s fourth anthology for chapter members only (we welcome new members, though)! Check out the guidelines here sinc-cw.ca/anthology/su... Deadline: Sept 15

Word Vancouver's on Sept 20 at UBC Robson Square. SinC-CW sibling Angela Douglas is taking part in a panel of talented crime writers including Faye E. Arcand, Jaima Fixsen & D.b. Carew. Moderated by Erik D'Souza.
SinC-CW will also have a table there! Please drop by and see us!
www.wordvancouver.ca

This was such a fun anthology - crime fiction based on the music of the 60s. Glad to see it released in a new edition.
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The Amish Cowboy’s Wedding Quilt Series: Amish Cowboys of Montana, Book 10eBook: $4.99, Print: $14.99, Large Print: $18.99Publication Date: August 27, 2025 THE AMISH COWBOY’S WEDDING QUILT Amish Cowboys of Montana Series, Bo…

Just released! This is the ebook; the print version is coming shortly. If you pick it up, thank you! And if you leave a review on your favorite retailer, I'd be so grateful.
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Home should be a place of safety. But what if it’s not?
Sisters in Crime—Canada West’s fourth anthology is now open for submissions from chapter members only (we welcome new members, though)! Check out the guidelines here sinc-cw.ca/anthology/su...

Hey, what is my cat doing in your post?.

For Black Cat Appreciation Day, a memory of our beloved Oswin in his favourite spot - a sunbeam in our garden.

Tell the Canadian Government: Stop Funding Companies Supporting Trump’s Human Rights Abuses GardaWorld — a Canadian-based “private security company” — has million-dollar contracts to execute Trump's racist and inhumane immigration regime, which kidnaps people, tears families apart, and denie...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/te...

This early version of the Village People never really caught on.

When Words Collide 2025 Schedule Check out the schedule for When Words Collide 2025

SinC-CW has 10 members taking part in panels and presentations at When Words Collide this year! And two specific SinC-CW panels!

Home Sweet Homicide (Fri, August 15)

The Psychology of Crime (Sat, August 16)

Check out the full schedule here:
whenwordscollide2025.sched.com/list/simple

If it's summer you must need to read this collection of crime fiction set in vacation homes, cottages, cabins, or, in my story, a summer camp.

I'm sure it will.

A fun post on sitcom development

Please join our SinC-CW siblings on Tuesday, August 19, at Vancouver Public Library's Montalbano Family Theatre, 6.30pm - 8.00pm for the LAST EVER Writers Showcase, CWC's Crime Writers Takeover.

More info: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68128...

The Edinburgh launch event for Lin Anderson's latest crime thriller THE DEAD AND THE DYING is in The Edinburgh Bookshop on 12th August. Info & tickets: https://bit.ly/4eX3Mp1
#CrimeFiction #BookSky

Writers Showcase - Crime Writers Takeover! With only a few minutes to grab your attention, a talented line-up of established and emerging local writers showcase their works and bring you into their world. Tonight's showcase will feature the wo...

Vancouver folks, join us for this Crime Writers Canada event at the VPL! vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68128...

Congratulations to Charlotte Morganti for the release of her novel, The Karma Murders (Book 2 in the Gabrieli Mysteries).

Tragic accidents plague Cheakamus. Just bad luck people say. But when Gabrieli looks into the events he learns that something more sinister is happening.

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Thanks!

Hi. Can I be added to the pack, please?

Author Showcase ~ Gone Fishin’: Crime Takes a Holiday edited by James J. Jackson What can go wrong on vacation? Plenty, and the stress of missing a flight or the pain of falling victim to pickpockets is only the beginning in Gone Fishin’: Crime Takes a Holiday, the Eighth Guppy…

Publication day! The new anthology from the Sisters in Crime Guppy chapter has been released. Check out an overview from Dru's Book Musings: drusbookmusing.com/author-showc... @sincnational.bsky.social