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What a week for Capital Crime Writers!

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Last week was an exciting whirlwind for many of our members. On October 15, 2025, the long-awaited A Capital Mystery anthology was officially published—much to the joy of the seventeen Capital Crime Writers among its twenty-one contributors.

The celebration began with several of our talented authors taking to the airwaves for radio interviews, where they shared behind-the-scenes stories, inspirations, and insights into the making of the book.

The momentum continued the very next day with a special meeting with the Mayor of Ottawa, who was presented with a copy of the anthology. That evening, festivities carried on at the Club SAW, where the launch party drew a standing-room-only crowd. Readers, writers, and mystery lovers alike gathered to celebrate the magic, the history, and—most of all—the mystery that makes Ottawa such a captivating setting.

A heartfelt thank-you goes out to Mike Martin, Capital Crime Writers member and the creative force who dreamed up this project and brought it to life.

Left photo, from left to right: Barbara Fradkin, Bernadette Hendrickx, Maya Valenzuela, Elizabeth Hosang, Madona Skaff, Jennifer Jorgensen, Mike Martin, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, Nancy Pawelek, Anna Di Meglio, Bernadette Cox, Brenda Chapman, Joanne White; top right photo, from left to right: Mike Martin, Don Butler; bottom right photo, from left to right: Brenda Chapman, Nancy Pawelek, Kathy MacLellan, Alan Neal.

Left photo, from left to right: Madona Skaff, Lis Angus, Brenda Chapman, Katie Tallo; top right photo, Barbara Fradkin; bottom right photo, Kathy MacLellan.

Left: Melissa Yi; right: Maya Valenzuela

From left to right: Elizabeth Hosang, Jennifer Jorgensen, Bernadette Hendrickx, Anna Di Meglio

Launch Event Crowd at Club SAW

A Capital Mystery

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A new anthology of mysteries set in Ottawa, written by Ottawa writers. The list includes several Capital Crime Writers members.

  • Lis Angus
  • Brenda Chapman
  • Anna Di Meglio
  • Stewart Dudley
  • Barbara Fradkin
  • Elizabeth Hosang
  • P. R. (Pam) Isfeld
  • Joe Italiano
  • Jennifer Jorgensen
  • Kathy MacLellan
  • Nancy Pawelek
  • A.E. Pittman
  • Madona Skaff
  • Adrienne Stevenson
  • Maya Valenzuela
  • Joanne White
  • Melissa Yi

The book will be available for purchase on October 15, 2025. Books can be pre-ordered at OttawaPressandPublishing.com. Launch event on October 16, 2025. Details to follow.

Book signing

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CCW member, Mary Jane Maffini, will be signing copies of her latest Camilla MacPhee book, You Light Up My Death on Friday February 3rd, from 1 – 2 pm, at Librairie Michabou Bookstore. The store is located in Aylmer, Quebec, 181 rue Principale, Galeries Aylmer (shopping mall).

Crime Writers of Canada

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Come celebrate 35 years with us in the Nation’s Capital!
Saturday, December 2, 2017
Three deliciously themed events
Thirteen Criminal Minds

A SERVING OF MURDER
Books on Beechwood
11:00 – 12:30  T.E. Wilson & Melissa Yi
12:30 – 2:00  Robin Harlick & Katherine Prairie
2:00 – 3:30  Brian Lindsay

A PERFECT CRIME
Perfect Books(Elgin St)
12:00 – 1:15  Barbara Fradkin
1:15 -2:30  Patricia Filteau
2:30 – 3:45  Mike Martin
3:45 -5:00  Melissa Yi

PLENTY OF CRIME FOR CHRISTMAS
Chapters South Keys (South Keys Shopping Centre)
12:00 – 1:00  Victoria Abbott (aka Mary Jane Maffini) & Linda Wiken (aka Erika Chase)
1:00 – 3:00  Madona Skaff & Linda Wiken
3:00 – 5:00  Jim Napier & Nick Wilkshire

 

Book launch for latest offerings by Fradkin and Wiken

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Barbara Fradkin, CCW author and two-time winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel, is set to launch, Fire in the Stars, the first book in a new series. The book introduces Amanda Doucette, a former foreign aid worker who has returned to Canada to recover from a traumatic experience in Africa and finds herself searching for a fellow survivor gone missing in Newfoundland.

 

Although it’s a different setting and cast of characters, Fradkin hopes that readers who enjoy Inspector Green will find Amanda’s commitment, determination, and compassion equally engaging.

 

The launch also features Ladies’ Killing Circle compatriot Linda Wiken, who is also launching a new series.

 

Enjoy the refreshments while listening to these authors read excerpts from their newest work.

When and where

  • September 28, 7 – 9 p.m.
  • Mother McGinty’s Stage of the Heart and Crown Pub, 67 Clarence St.
 The best parking is in the parking garage right across the street, but you can also try street parking.
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Chapman launches 3rd book in Stonechild & Rouleau series

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stonechild_3Join Brenda Chapman for the launch of Tumbled Graves, third in the Stonechild and Rouleau series! The launch takes place this Sunday, April 3 between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. at Whispers Pub, 249 Richmond Road (http://whisperspubottawa.ca/ ).

Books on Beechwood will be available with copies for purchase.

Brenda will also be appearing with Linwood Barclay, John Lawton and Joyce Fielding at the Ottawa International Book Festival on Sunday, April 17 at 8:30 p.m. at Christ Church Cathedral.
Barbara Fradkin will be asking the questions! For tickets and more information, visit the Festival website: http://www.writersfestival.org/events/spring-2016/scene-of-the-crime

Whellams latest thriller takes retired British sleuth to the desert

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Whellams_book_verdictOttawa author and CCW member David Whellams has released the third volume in his Peter Cammon series.

The Verdict on Each Man Dead takes retired Chief Inspector Peter Cammon to the Utah desert in search of a terrorist and murderer. Along the way he must strike alliances with local police, corrupt officials, Mexican drug lords and even the Unabomber himself in order to stop a psychopath intent on reviving his terrorist ways.

The book is now available in all formats.

Join Whellams at his official book launch on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Whispers Pub (249 Richmond Rd.).