Today I'd like to shine a spotlight on an upcoming release. MARCH ROARS by Maureen Jennings is the fourth book in the Paradise Café Mystery series. It will be released in September.
Blurb:
As December’s cold snap recedes and March roars in, private investigator Charlotte Frayne receives a strange letter requesting her services. The sender, Miss Olivia Brodie, is an elderly resident in the Toronto House of Industry (The Poor House) who alleges she witnessed suspicious activity from two men on a nearby street. When two Black teenagers are charged with burglary on that same street, Miss Brodie seeks out Charlotte’s help to prevent “a grave miscarriage of justice.” Meanwhile, Charlotte is hired by the affluent Mrs. Emmeline Larkin, who claims some of her precious jewelry has gone missing. Mrs. Larkin fears a member of her own social circle may be implicated and suspects the influential women’s club to which she belongs, harbors a thief in its midst. Charlotte finds herself investigating the cases brought by two women who couldn’t be more different.
Rich with historical detail, Maureen Jennings’s latest book depicts some of the grave injustices that once plagued Toronto’s history.
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Maureen Jennings is best known for the Detective Murdoch series, which have been adapted to television for an unprecedented eighteen seasons. In 2011, she was awarded the Grant Allen Award for contribution to her genre. She has been nominated eight times for awards from the Crime Writers of Canada. In 2024, she received the Crime Writers of Canada Grand Master Award. She was born in the UK and now lives in Toronto with her husband, photographer Iden Ford, and her dog, Murdoch
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