I’m delighted to announce the launch of the fourth in the Cape Breton mystery series.
As a new crime unfolds, Detective Gordie MacLean is drawn into a web of intrigue that will test his skills and change his life forever.
A local horticulturist has created a new rose variety that everyone is talking about. On the day of his big reveal, though, Detective MacLean is shocked to find Tommy MacNeil’s body amongst decapitated roses in the garden center.
MacLean assumes he and his partner, Roxanne Albright, can approach the case as they have before. He doesn’t know they are hunting a killer unlike any they’ve encountered previously.
Will Gordie MacLean realize death shadows him in time?
For fans of the classic police procedural genre, book four of the popular Cape Breton Mystery series will keep you absorbed to the last page.
Pick up your copy on Amazon, Kobo and other online retailers, or come and see me in person at one of my events.

I just finished this, the 4th brilliant book in this series! I’m sad to think my journey with these characters might be over… or maybe not? Maybe plans for a fifth are swirling around in your clever brain? 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Ahh, I think Gordie MacLean still has more stories to tell!
So happy to hear that there will be more of Gordie Maclean to come!!!!
Nice to hear that the series might continue. Because of the connection to Isle Madame I bought the series for my mom and have enjoyed reading it myself. I live about 3km from Gordie.
That’s so fun to hear! Whenever I’m down at my vacation home (south of Mulgrave on the mainland) I ALWAYS visit Isle Madame – it’s such a hidden treasure!
Thank you so much for your Cape Breton series books. I have just started the third one and I am enjoying them so much I hate to think that I have only one to go. It is like when you watch a good series on tv, only better in a book because you seem to get to know the characters better because you get to know their thought as well. I certainly hope number four will not be the last! I look forward to coming home from work so I can once again dig into the characters lives.
I think I enjoy them twice as much as other mystery books I’ve read as I grew up in St Peter’s and know the places you talk about in the settings. Thank you for being a great author and creating the books. They are not only an enjoyable read but one that is easy to read and hard to put down!
Thank you for your great support! I love hearing from my readers. Don’t worry – I’m currently working on book 5 in the series!
Iam a bit sad, but life goes on. Luv your books, I have picked up all copies of Cape Breton Mystery at Cobourg Library. Would love to read Lakeside Beauty, where can I get a copy? We have a cottage in Gores Landing just a stone throw away. Please keep writing I do enjoy your books. Deb
Hi Deb – I recently donated both Lakeside Beauty and book 2, South View to the Cobourg Library – so you should be able to find them there.
Hello Renny!
I started reading your books after meeting you at Rice lake this past summer! I just finished Heritage House ! I never saw that ending coming!! Love the surprises and share the let downs with the characters! lol I love your books! I just ordered Night Rose and cannot wait to read it! So glad to hear that you are already working on the next one!
Thank you !
Thank you Kelly-Ann. I’m so pleased you are enjoying the books and that I can keep you guessing! I’ll be in Bewdley (at the arena) on March 14 – perhaps you’ll be ready for Red Shroud (book 5) or one of the Port Hope series.