Fire Fog and Water by Mike Martin

Sergeant Winston Windflower and his trusty crew at the Grand
Bank detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have more than a few mysteries on their hands, in this eighth installment of the Sgt. Windflower mystery series.

Windflower suspects that three cases—a homicide, a near-homicide, and a fire on Coronation Street—are somehow connected, but how is proving difficult to determine, especially now that he must battle his unusually cranky mood, the never-ending winter that has gripped the coastal region of Newfoundland and his new, power-hungry boss.

In Fire, Fog and Water, Bony Blythe Award winner Mike Martin is true to form, retaining the light crime genre for which he is known, while delving into the most perplexing social issues of our time, including mental health, addictions, and workplace harassment.

Windflower must not only solve the drug-and-death crimes that threaten the otherwise tranquil lives of Grand Bank’s residents, he must resolve his own internal conflicts before they consume him as surely as the blaze that engulfed the house on Coronation Street.