Driving alone at night as she returns home to Ottawa, a woman stops for a young man who is desperately waving from the side of the road. What could possibly go wrong?

Suburban life is anything but monotonous for Tracy Wyndham, who gets more than she bargained for after spying on her neighbour.

Officer Carson teams up with his granddaughter, Lizzie, to solve a most perplexing crime of numbers threatening daily life at Statistics Canada.

Dorothy and Shirley are no ordinary octogenarians. Taking advantage of their well-honed skills in observation, research and acting, the life-long friends crack the Lansdowne Park murder wide open.

Explore the rich tapestry and history of Ottawa, Canada’s capital, through the eyes of 23 local authors. A Capital Mystery 2 is the newest anthology release of short story mysteries set in Ottawa, following last year’s highly successful A Capital Mystery.

From Kanata to Orleans, from Britannia Beach to the Mer Bleue Blog, these lawyers, piano teachers, photographers and puppeteers uncover mischief, mayhem and even murder in modern-day Ottawa. They also bring us back to our collective past to recall the live music at Le Hibou or to imagine the awe felt as new carillon bells rang out from Parliament Hill after the Great War.

Enter this collection of fiction and experience the community, vibrancy and mysterious soul defining our nation’s capital.