As Halloween approaches, a pair of deaths set Dion and Leith on the trail of a suspected killer, and supernatural rumours about the murderer are almost beyond belief Book Three in the B.C. Blues Crime series, a noir series featuring two detectives whose lives have detoured badly off-course Two sleuths: Dion is recovering from a brain injury, while Leith’s ambition has slowly turned bitter Brings out the humanity of RCMP officers, depicting them without polishing off the rough edges First long-running police procedural set in North Vancouver Author is a court reporter/court transcriber and has plenty of insight into the system and how trials are conducted, as well as a feel for dialogue and how experts speak about crime First book in the series, Cold Girl , won the 2014 Unhanged Arthur Ellis Award and was shortlisted for the 2017 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel