Description:
Charlotte Frayne is hired to infiltrate a manufacturer to uncover communist agitators the owner believes are responsible for the labour unrest in his company and investigates two intertwined mysteries.
Brief description: Maureen Jennings immigrated to Canada from the UK as a teenager. She is the author of the Murdoch Mysteries series which has been adapted into a television series that airs around the world. The series is in its fourteenth season. Before becoming a full-time writer, Maureen was a psychotherapist. She currently lives in Toronto with her husband, photographer Iden Ford, and their dog, Murdoch.
Review Quotes:
"Maureen Jennings is not only just about the best crime novelist in Canada, she's among the best writers anywhere - a national and international treasure." - London Free Press
Praise for Heat Wave
"The plotting of this novel is seamless. There's only 240 pages but we solve not one but two mysteries and learn a great deal about the protagonist and the supporting characters in her life. Nothing is rushed or glossed over; the storyline climaxes in a short yet action-packed few pages, and our journey to that point wasn't totally unpredictable, but enjoyable nonetheless." - I've Read This
"In contemporary fiction, the millennial-aged single woman is often a character through whom we identify our own paucity and miscalculations: the lack of children, money, stability or foresight providing a plot in which to flail. What a relief it is then to spend time with a protagonist who isn't defined by the traditions she rejects - in the summer of 1936, no less." - Carly Lewis, The Globe and Mail
Heat Wave (Paradise Cafe #1) was shortlisted for the Bony Blithe / Bloody Words Light Mystery Award 2020.