Fiction
Historical Mysteries
The Town Called Horse historical mystery series has one full-length novel and several shorter mysteries. Set in the late 1800s, these books are character-focused, quirky little dramas with some humour and the odd swear word. They play out in a fictional town nestled between low hills in the North Okanagan region of British Columbia. Fans say they have ‘exquisite character development’, ‘intrigue’, and ‘solid story’.
In order of publication:
Charlie Horse Series prequel – download for free exclusively from this site. (Not available at any retailer.)
Horse With No Name
A One Horse Open Sleigh
The Outside of a Horse
Water Horse
The Horse You Rode In On
The books jump around in terms of the date when they are set, so if you’d prefer to read them as time progresses, rather than as they were published, the order is:
The Outside of a Horse
Water Horse
Charlie Horse
Horse with No Name
The Horse You Rode In On
A One Horse Open Sleigh
The four novellas are now also available bundled together in a box set. You save by purchasing them all together.
Freddie Lark Private Investigator Mysteries
Debuting in spring and summer 2020 this series centres around a young woman who finds herself inexplicably engaged when she is pulled into the life of an amateur sleuth and budding private investigator.
Freddie Lark is an artist, a compassionate friend, and a bereaved sister. She has a smart mouth that often gets her into trouble and an inability to leave problems unresolved.
Romantic Mystery
I was intending this book to be the first in a series of mysteries with a romantic sub-plot, but I seem to have only written one of them.
Set on a fictional Gulf Island called Juliet Island, this book’s location is a love letter to Pender Island where my parents lived for a few years, and to the west coast of Vancouver Island, where I live now.
Middle Grade Animal Adventures
Sugar and Clive are a pair of ordinary heros. They are best friends, loyal to a fault, and always on the look-out for their next adventure.
Sugar is a medium-sized dog with caramel coloured curls (and a large heart). Clive is an introverted barn swallow with a keen sense of right and wrong. The books are set on a fictional Gulf Island in British Columbia’s Salish Sea called Dogwood Island, a place of blue skies, gentle breezes and animals who solve mysteries.
Ideal for fans of books like Charlotte’s Web, The Incredible Journey, and The 101 Dalmatians. Suitable for readers aged 9 to 99.
Sugar & Clive and the Circus Bear
Sugar & Clive and the Bank Robbery
Sugar & Clive and the Movie Star
Larry at the Wedding
Memoir
When I was 21 I joined a meditation class that eventually turned out to be a cult. It’s a strange story, full of heartbreak, betrayal, and eventually, freedom.
This was the first book I wrote and the year it was published it won a bronze medal in the category of Autobiography / Memoir at the IPPY awards. I’m proud of all my books but I know that this is the one that has changed the most lives, and for that I am extremely grateful.
Cult, A Love Story: Ten Years Inside a Canadian Cult and the Long Road of Recovery
