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The proprietor, the chef and a former vice cop turned major domo try to fend off disaster while cooking up a side order of romance.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA young artist travels to Bytown in the early 1850s. An employee of the artist’s uncle turns up dead, and the only clue to the killer’s identity seems to be a sketch the artist made near the crime scene. Can this sketch solve the man's murder?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese mysteries, and seventeen more, can be found in A Capital Mystery, an anthology of short stories that spans the length, breadth and history of Ottawa, Canada’s capital city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome of our mysteries are set in modern times, some reach all the way back to Bytown, Ottawa’s original settlement. But what each story features — whatever the setting — is a crime that will leave you wondering, or leave you shocked, or maybe, awake at night pondering if you should read one more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Capital Mystery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a book that celebrates the magic, history and most of all — mystery — that is Ottawa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by Mike Martin and Bernadette Cox\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction by Ron Corbett\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing short stories by twenty-one of Ottawa’s best authors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLis Angus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrenda Chapman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGary Coffin \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnna Di Meglio\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStewart Dudley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Fradkin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBernadette Hendrickx\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Hosang\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eP. 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