Lane Winslow novels
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It is 1946, and war-weary young ex-intelligence officer Lane Winslow leaves London to look for a fresh start. When she finds herself happily settled in King's Cove, a sleepy hamlet nestled in the idyllic interior of British Columbia surrounded by a suitably eclectic cast of small-town characters she feels like she may finally be able to put her past to rest. But then a body is discovered, the victim of murder, and although she works alongside the...
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Lane Winslow novels volume 2
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Lane Winslow wants nothing more than to finally settle in her new community. But when a body of a Russian man is found dead, Lane's expertise prove to be invaluable to the case.
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Lane Winslow novels volume 3
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It's early spring of 1947 in idyllic King's Cove, and the Hughes ladies, mere et fille, are gardening and sorting through the jars of food that have been put up for the winter. But while cleaning up after the roof of their root cellar has caved in slightly, they are horrified to discover a small skeletal hand embedded in the mess. Panicked, they call Lane Winslow, the ex-British secret service agent, and, not without some misgivings about the state...
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Lane Winslow novels volume 4
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Inspector Darling and Lane Winslow's mutual attraction blossoms in King's Cove. A British government official arrives in Nelson to convince Darling to return to England for questioning about the death of a rear gunner under his command in 1943.
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Lane Winslow novels volume 6
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Lane takes an elderly Russian woman into her home while Inspector Darling sets out to find her missing brother, which leads to the discovery of a murdered hunter.
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Lane Winslow novels volume 7
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It's November, and Lane and Darling have escaped the chilly autumn in the Kootenays for a honeymoon at the posh and romantic Santa Cruz Inn in sunny Tucson, Arizona. But despite her very best intentions to relax, soon after their arrival Lane's plans to spend the holiday poolside with a good mystery are interrupted by gunfire. One of the hotel's wealthy guests has been shot point blank and Lane is second on the scene.
Though Lane and Darling attempt...
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"Back home in the Kootenays after her Arizona honeymoon, Lane offers her assistance when neither the outgoing teacher, Rose, nor her replacement, Wendy, show up at the local schoolhouse one blizzardy Monday in December. But when she finds the teachers’ cottage ransacked with Rose unconscious and bleeding, and Wendy missing, Lane delivers Rose to the hospital in Nelson and turns the case over to her exasperated husband, Inspector Darling, and his...
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In early spring 1948 Lane arrives in New Denver to find her friend, Peter Barisoff, is not home. In a nearby meadow, she meets Tom, an Indigenous man in search of his ancestral lands. Lane is intrigued. Once Peter returns home the trio uncovers human remains next to Peter's garden, and Lane tells her husband, Inspector Darling.
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It's an early morning in May when Lane is pulled from a deep sleep by a concerning phone call from Scotland--her grandfather has had a heart attack. Lane hastily makes plans to fly overseas, and a dejected Inspector Darling prepares himself for a stint of bachelorhood. But before he can begin to dwell on it the Nelson Police learn that Ben Arden, a local cad, has gone out for a late-night boat ride and not returned, which immediately sets the town...
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A warm June afternoon in King's Cove is interrupted by an explosion. Following the sound, Lane goes to investigate. Up a steep path she discovers a secluded cabin and, hiding nearby, a young Japanese girl injured and mute, but very much alive. At the Nelson Police Station, Inspector Darling and Sergeant Ames, following up on a report of a nighttime heist at the local jeweller's, discover the jeweller himself dead in his office, apparently bludgeoned,...