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Teed Off!    by Nicola Furlong
Price: $2.99 USD. 96050 words. Published on May 4, 2009. .

When Riley Quinn tees off an investigation into a suspicious death, her inquiries pitch her behind the scenes of professional women's golf and jeopardize her new career as part-time coroner. As the tournament progresses, she finds herself sand-wedged by a villainous environmental group, a mysterious Japanese consortium and her estranged sister. "An outstanding effort", The Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Treachery and Treason in Canada's Sealing Fleet    by Mel McIlveen
Price: $3.99 USD. 108650 words. Published by Chris Banner on March 9, 2010. .

This is an epic love story in a period when Vancouver Island was not part of British Columbia, not part of Canada and not part of the USA, though that was an option. The hardy residents fell under the administration of the Hudson's Bay Company. This is a rivalry between two `sea dogs' played out on the sealing grounds of the Pacific North West.
Road Markers    by Jason McIntyre
Price: Free! 7850 words. Published on August 2, 2010. .

Dean is a forty-something sales rep for a company that ropes small, mostly blue-collar firms into long term cellphone plans. Heading home from a bad meeting, he begins to see evidence that he can will things to happen just by thinking about them. But will this tantalizing realization lead him to cross the line for good?
Valley of the Misty Mountain: Book One of the KODI Trilogy    by Christine Buzzi
Price: $1.99 USD. 70120 words. Published by AgioPublishing on September 23, 2010. .

When 8-year-old Kodi leaves his coastal village for a hike up Misty Mountain with his grandfather, he imagines they might be back before nightfall. But this is no ordinary journey, and certainly Gardon, his grandfather, is no ordinary person! Valley of the Misty Mountain is the first book of the exciting KODI trilogy. Author Christine Buzzi lives on Vancouver Island, Canada.
Dance With Me    by Rob Sargeant
Price: $7.77 USD. 27080 words. Published on March 12, 2011. .

Carl Guiness' new found faith is put to the test when he discovers the ocean-side tavern he jointly owns with his wife is a front for illegal gang activity. After Carl contacts the police to do deal with this, within days an attempt is made on his life. Dumped in a river, and left for dead, Carl quickly learns there are few he can trust. He has to flee to stay alive.
The Secret Lives of Litterbugs    by M. A. C. (Marion) Farrant
Price: $8.95 USD. 56770 words. Published by Pacific Place Publishing  on May 5, 2011. .

Farrant tackles the absurdities of family life from both sides of the generational divide: as a young girl growing up in a dysfunctional, cobbled-together family in the 1960s, and as a mother herself to three willful teenagers. The pieces are funny and sharp, completely original while describing an utterly familiar world.
The best laid plans: journeying around Western Canada    by Chris Jones
Price: $0.99 USD. 77140 words. Published on June 18, 2011. .

The Best Laid Plans is a valuable guide to Western Canada and an entertaining and humorous piece of travel writing. It gives useful tips but it contains more than that. It is full of interesting people, wildlife encounters, strange eating experiences, sudden plan changes, little-known facts, all written in a humorous and engaging style. Great for travellers or for those who like a good story.
Murder on the Galloping Goose    by Shirley Skidmore
Price: $3.99 USD. 47320 words. Published by Chris Banner on October 25, 2011. .

Three ex loggers are murdered one at a time and so Zack Ward, the head of the local RCMP detachment must try to find the connection between these three murders and the history of Sooke. This is the 1st book in a Murder Mystery Trilogy by Shirlety Skidmore. All the murders are set in Sooke, on Vancouver Island.
Murder in Parksville: Confusion in Tofino    by Jennifer Lafortune
Price: $3.99 USD. 36910 words. Published by Chris Banner on October 30, 2011. .

Murder in Parksville is a classic mystery. In Tofino, only hours after having supper with her `new’ fiancé and her parents in Parksville, Leann is woken by police. She returns to Parksville to identify her parents, the apparent victims of a fatal car crash. Appearances aren’t everything. After surprising twists and turns local detectives unmask her parents’ murderer.
Where The Forest Trail Meets The River    by Larry Rintala
Price: $3.99 USD. 64340 words. Published on November 15, 2011. .

With the Nanaimo River on Vancouver Island as a back-drop, the author paints a vivid picture of the lifestyle, values and attitudes of a community of hard-working, country people in this true story of a young boy growing up on a farm in British Columbia in the 1960s.