Calling all mystery readers and writers! J oin local authors Cathy Ace\, Iona Whishaw\, and Sam Wiebe for an engaging panel discussion about their award winning detective series\, each featur ing distinctive worlds and unforgettable lead characters. Learn about thei r approach to crafting compelling mysteries\, then stay for a question and answer session where you can ask the authors about their books and writin g process. With acclaimed\, twist filled novels and years of storytelling experience\, this is a mystery event you won't want to miss.
\nFor more information about this \;Fraser River Literary Festiva l event\, email \;ask@coqlibrar y.ca. \;
\nSpecial for this night! Afterhours at the Library
\nTime: 5:00-7:00 pm
\nHere for one night only\, local bookstore Western Sky books will be set up wit h festival authors for sale\, so get your books! In addition\, the local e atery Beanery Coffeehouse &\; Eatery will be on site selling delicious sandwiches and treats (optional purchases\, not included with registration ). \;
\nDinner\, entertainment\, and books\, sorted!
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Cathy Ace&rsquo\;s Cait Morgan Mysteries feature a globetrotting Welsh Canadian criminal psychologist who solves traditional whodunits alongside her retired-cop husband\, Bud Anderson (the TV production of the series i s being developed by Free@LastTV). Her WISE Enquiries Agency Mysteries fea ture four softly-poached female PIs solving cosy cases from a Welsh statel y home. Shortlisted for Canada&rsquo\;s Bony Blithe Award three times\, wi nning once\, Cathy&rsquo\;s also won IPPY and IBA Awards\, as well as the CrimeFictionLover Editor&rsquo\;s Choice Award for Best Indie Novel. She&r squo\;s been shortlisted for Crime Writers of Canada Awards three times\, migrated from Wales aged 40\, and lives in Maple Ridge. \;Find her on https://www.cathyace.com/ \;\n
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Iona Whishaw \; is the \;2026 \;Crime Writers of Canada \;Best Traditional Mys tery \;Award&ndash\;winning author of the \;Globe and Mail \;b estselling Lane Winslow Mysteries. She&rsquo\;s been a three-time finalist for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes and two-time nominee for the Left Coast Crime Awards. The heroine of her series\, Lane Winslow\, was inspired by I ona&rsquo\;s mother\, who\, like her father before her\, was a wartime spy . Born in the Kootenays\, Iona spent many years in Mexico\, Nicaragua\, an d the United States before settling in Vancouver\, BC\, where she now live s with her husband\, Terry. \;
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Sam Weibe is an
award-winning and best-selling author of Pacific Northwest crime fiction.
His novels about Vancouver PI Dave Wakeland are one of the most authentic
and acclaimed contemporary detective series. Wiebe&rsquo\;s other work inc
ludes Ocean Drive\, Last of the Independents\, and the Ethan Brand series
under the pen name Nolan Chase. Wiebe has been writer in residence at Simo
n Fraser University and the Vancouver Public Library\, edited the Vancouve
r Noir anthology\, and has been published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
\, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine\, The National Post\, The Walrus\, Mo
ntecristo\, and Image Comics\, among many others. He's won the Kobo Emergi
ng Writers Prize and two Crime Writers of Canada awards\, and been nominat
ed for the Edgar\, Hammett\, Shamus\, and City of Vancouver book prizes. C
ontact Sam at samwiebe.com or join his
newsletter at samwiebe.substack.com\, \;