Vicki Delany - Canadian Author of Mystery Novels and Suspense Novels

November 2, 2010: Negative Image

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:32:22 +0000

As the mountain town of Trafalgar, British Columbia shakes off a long hard winter, famous photographer Rudolph Steiner arrives to do a feature on mountain tourism. Steiner is accompanied by his assistant and sexy young wife, but he has another reason for the visit: to re-connect with the woman who left him twenty-five years ago to marry another man.

Twenty-five years ago she was young, beautiful, naïve, an internationally known supermodel. Today Eliza Winters is no longer young, and definitely not naïve, but still beautiful and married to Trafalgar City Police Sergeant John Winters.

When Steiner is found dead in his luxury hotel room, shot once in the back of the head, suspicion falls upon Eliza. John Winters is forced into the most difficult decision of his life: loyalty to his job or to his wife. As the RCMP dig into the secrets of both Steiner and Eliza, John Winters slowly comes to realize that he doesn’t know the woman to whom he has been married for twenty-five years as well as he thought he did.

Unable to help the Sergeant, Constable Molly Smith has her own troubles: a series of B&Es has the peaceful town in an uproar, her overprotective Mountie boyfriend is fighting with her colleagues, and a vengeful stalker is watching her every move. When tragedy strikes at the heart of her own family, Molly can’t even turn to her mother, Lucky, for help.

In Negative Image Vicki Delany deftly blends a taut murder mystery and nail-biting suspense with an exploration of the very meaning of family and the forces that bind, or separate, them.

Now available for pre-order at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Chapters.ca and your favourite independent bookseller.

Read the first chapter: click here

Winter of Secrets

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:02:05 +0000

A Starred Review from Publishers’ Weekly!

– The discovery early one Christmas morning of the bodies of best friends Jason Wyatt-Yarmouth and Ewan Williams, two privileged young men from Toronto, in an SUV sunken in an ice-covered river propels Delaney’s stellar third mystery to feature constable Molly Smith of Trafalgar, B.C. (after Feb. 2009’s Valley of the Lost). Molly investigates what at first appears to be an accident, but when the times and manner of Jason’s and Ewan’s deaths turn out to differ, she and her colleagues have a murder case on their hands. Whether at the Glacier Chalet B&B, 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, September 21,2009)

NOW AVAILABLE at Amazon.com, amazon.ca, Chapters.ca, and your favourite independent bookstore.

NEW: Vicki’s earlier books from Poisoned Pen Press just released on KINDLE! Click here for In the Shadow of the Glacier and here for Valley of the Lost

Read the first chapter (PDF)

Delany strikes gold again with absorbing, gritty crime novel. London Free Press

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:32:56 +0000

From Rendezvous Crime. Gold Fever: A Klondike Mystery

It’s the Great Klondike Gold Rush and people are pouring into the Yukon Territory. Among them are Martha Witherspoon, a writer with more tenacity than talent, and her nervous companion Euila Forester. There’s something familiar about Euila’s accent, and Fiona MacGillivray vows to keep the newcomer as far away from her son, Angus, as possible. Angus, however, has his own troubles. When he saves a Native woman from drowning, he sets off a chain of events that give Fiona’s arch-enemy, the Madam with a heart of coal, the opportunity to destroy the Savoy Dance Hall once and for all.

More about Gold Fever: A Klondike Mystery

Read the First Chapter

Order from Amazon.com or Amazon.ca or Chapters/Indigo or your favourite independent bookstore

Winter of Secrets

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:25:46 +0000

A Starred Review from Publishers’ Weekly!

NOW AVAILABLE at Amazon.com, amazon.ca, Chapters.ca, and your favourite independent bookstore.

NEW: Vicki’s earlier books from Poisoned Pen Press just released on KINDLE! Click here for In the Shadow of the Glacier and here for Valley of the Lost

Read the first chapter (PDF)

Gold Digger: A Klondike Mystery

admin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:42:31 +0000

“…intriguing comedic murder mystery that is too entertaining to be missed.” Historical Novel Review

“A lot of fun, a terrific heroine and a great setting.” the Globe and Mail

“vibrant historical mystery” Mystery Scene Magazine

“a captivating tale with lots of colour, ably researched detail and crisp dialogue that moves the story along, spinning into a satisfying, yet surprising, conclusion with lots of doors left ajar for future episodes.” Hamilton Spectator

It’s the great Klondike Gold Rush and Fiona MacGillivray has a fortune to make – if her nimble-fingered past and a dead body on centre stage don’t get to her first.

Read the First Chapter

Buy the book: Chapters/Indigo, Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or your favourite Independent bookstore.

Valley of the Lost

admin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:55:10 +0000

The second Smith and Winters novel, Valley of the Lost, published by Poisoned Pen Press, is now available from Amazon.ca and Amazon.com and quality bookstores.
More on Valley of the Lost

Louise Penny read Valley of the Lost and had this to say:

“If you’re looking for a snappy read, one that’s full of action, complex plot, rich setting and likeable characters, this is for you. Vicki Delany has, once again, done a spectacular part of British Columbia proud.”
-Louise Penny

Valley of the Lost - Promotional Video Trailer

Read the First Chapter