Brenda Chapman – Mystery Author

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September 2012 Release: Second Chances

It is the summer of 1971—and fifteen-year-old Darlene Findley travels with her mother to Cedar Lake in cottage country in the Northumberland Hills where they own a general store. This year, Darlene’s wild, seventeen year old cousin Elizabeth is sent to stay in the hopes that time away from Toronto will straighten her out—but Elizabeth has other plans.

The Second Wife - A Rapid Reads Mystery

Nominated for Ontario Library Association's Golden Oak Award! Gwen Lake is a forty-five-year-old Duluth police officer with a desk job, an ex-husband and a future not even close to the American dream. A year after her divorce, and more out of boredom and curiosity than anything else, she agrees to a meeting with her ex’s new wife. She has no idea that the encounter will lead to murder.

In Winter's Grip

From the Globe and Mail, "Brenda Chapman, of Ottawa, is the author of a series of mysteries for young adults. In Winter’s Grip is her first work for adults and it’s a fine debut for a talented writer. She has chosen winter both as setting and metaphor for a life as chilling and grim as a January blizzard."

Trail Of Secrets

In Trail of Secrets, the fourth and final instalment in the Jennifer Bannon mystery series, Jennifer begins Grade Eleven at Springhills High and her life is far from settled. Jennifer’s mother has moved to L.A. with her new husband and is determined to have Jennifer’s younger sister Leslie join them. Trail of Secrets is a suspenseful tale of hidden motives and people who are not what they seem.

Welcome to my website. I am an Ottawa author of mysteries and novels for young adults and adults with six titles in publication. I am pleased to announce an upcoming release in 2012: Second Chances, a young adult novel, from Dundurn.