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"A wide selection of Canadian mystery authors and stories, every one of them worth reading."


1. Who writes the Benny Cooperman mysteries?
    Eric Wright
    Alison Gordon
    Howard Engel
    L.R. Wright


2. What Police Force does Charlie Salter work for?
    Vancouver P.D.
    R.C.M.P.
    Metro Toronto Police
    Ontario Provincial Police


3. Who is the detective in Scott Young's "The Shaman's Knife" and "Murder in a Cold Climate"?
    Michael Kusagak
    Matteesie Kitologitak
    Alex Kequahtooway
    Jim Chee


4. Which is true of Scott Young?
    all of these
    noted sports writer
    Neil Young's dad
    wrote a best-selling life of Gordon Sinclair


5. Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg is in charge of the R.C.M.P. detachment in which small town in B.C.?
    Williams Lake
    Tofino
    Sechelt
    Powell River


6. In several of the Karl Alberg novels, his 'significant other', Casandra Mitchell, plays a part. What is her profession?
    librarian
    doctor
    teacher
    beachcomber


7. Who is the author of the mystery series about Vancouver detectives Willows and Parker?
    Laurence Gough
    Howard Engel
    Lawrence Block
    G. M. Ford


8. What is the name of the Calgary TV program Pheobe Fairfax works for?
    "Wild Rose Lifestyles"
    "30 Minutes"
    "A Day in the Lifestyle"
    "Cross Country Checkup"


9. You may not know that this bestselling suspense writer is Canadian, as her books are set in the U.S.
    Mary Higgins Clark
    Patricia Cornwell
    Sandra Brown
    Joy Fielding


10. Where does Gail Bowen's Joanne Kilbourn live?
    Moose Jaw
    Regina
    Calgary
    Saskatoon


11. Who is the author of the Kate Henry mystery series?
    L. R. Wright
    Alison Gordon
    Suzanne North
    Nevada Barr


12. What does Kate Henry do for a living?
    sportswriter
    police officer
    university professor
    photographer


13. What is the Crime Writer's of Canada annual award?
    the Shamus Award
    the Ookpik Award
    the Edgar Award
    the Arthur Ellis Award


14. Sparkle Hayter's mystery series is not set in Canada. Where does the bright and witty heroine of such books as "What's a Girl Gotta Do?" and "Revenge of the Cootie Girls" live?
    Los Angeles
    New York City
    London
    No home base, she's a world traveller


15. Not usually considered a 'mystery writer', this world-renowned author's 1996 novel takes the reader to Ontario in the mid-1800's to unravel the murders of Thomas Kinnear and Nancy Montgomery.
    Mavis Gallant
    Margaret Laurence
    Margaret Atwood
    Alice Munroe


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