Winter of Secrets

Description

Wendy and Jason Wyatt-Yarmouth are in the peaceful mountain town of Trafalgar, B.C., enjoying a vacation with friends. But tragedy strikes when two of the group crash through the ice into the frozen river. It's Christmas Eve and Constables Molly Smith and Dave Evans are busy with fender-benders, tumbling pedestrians, and Christmas tree fires. When they are summoned to the scene of a car accident, police, coroner, and medics all agree it was an accident. But the autopsy reveals a shocking secret, and Molly and Sergeant John Winters are plunged into a world of sexual predators, drugs, and privilege. Meanwhile, a stalker is out of jail and looking for revenge, a handsome Mountie is giving Molly the eye, and her mother, Lucky, is cheerfully interfering in the investigation.... A former systems analyst in the high-pressure financial world, Vicki Delany now lives and writes in Prince Edward County, Ontario. Winter of Secrets is third in her mystery series set in British Columbia. www.vickidelany.com

Having taken early retirement from her job as a systems analyst in the high-pressure financial world, Vicki Delany is settling down to the rural life in bucolic Prince Edward County, Ontario, where she rarely wears a watch. Unreasonable Doubt is the eighth mystery in her Constable Molly Smith series. Vicki Delany won the 2019 Derrick Murdoch Award for contributions to the crime genre.

Whether at the Glacier Chalet, on a black diamond ski trail or in the police station, Delaney glides between scenes with ease. She uses a bare-bones style, without literary flash, to achieve artistry as sturdy and restrained as a Shaker chair. Warmth and menace, past and present, are nicely balanced, with a denouement that's equally plausible and startling. This confident performance is sure to win new fans to the series. -Publishers Weekly starred review Delany effectively combines a cozy tone and a picturesque setting with plenty of action and procedural detail. - Booklist