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June 28, 2026
4 stars for an entertaining cozy mystery, set in Quebec. This series follows the cozy mystery themes:
A civilian investigating a mystery. In this book, the disappearance of a teenage daughter of a First Nation friend.
Minimal violence, sex or profanity.
Meg Foster lives in rural northern Quebec in a house that she inherited from an elderly aunt. Her home is near a First Nation reserve, and Meg has made some friends there, after initial hostility towards her because she is not a First Nation person. Her friend comes to her for help, because she believes the police have dismissed her missing person report as that of just another runaway indigenous teenager. Complicating matters are overlapping police jurisdictions: the Ottawa police where Fleur, the missing girl, was last seen, the tribal police in charge of the reserve, and the SQ(Surete du Quebec), the Quebec provincial police.
Meg does solve the mystery with the help of her estranged boyfriend Eric, the tribal police chief, and some other persons. There is a satisfactory ending.
The disappearance and or murder of indigenous women is an ongoing problem in both Canada and the US. Canada has acknowledged the problem and has set up a federal program with significant funding to address this problem.
I purchased a six book set of these mysteries several years ago from Amazon. This is book 5 in the series and I recommend that you read them in order, as there are ongoing developments in Meg's personal life. Both my wife and I enjoy this series and recommend it to cozy mystery fans. Meg is very interested in First Nations culture and the books are very informative about their culture.
I received a review copy of book 7 in the series and liked it enough that I decided to read the rest of the series.
A civilian investigating a mystery. In this book, the disappearance of a teenage daughter of a First Nation friend.
Minimal violence, sex or profanity.
Meg Foster lives in rural northern Quebec in a house that she inherited from an elderly aunt. Her home is near a First Nation reserve, and Meg has made some friends there, after initial hostility towards her because she is not a First Nation person. Her friend comes to her for help, because she believes the police have dismissed her missing person report as that of just another runaway indigenous teenager. Complicating matters are overlapping police jurisdictions: the Ottawa police where Fleur, the missing girl, was last seen, the tribal police in charge of the reserve, and the SQ(Surete du Quebec), the Quebec provincial police.
Meg does solve the mystery with the help of her estranged boyfriend Eric, the tribal police chief, and some other persons. There is a satisfactory ending.
The disappearance and or murder of indigenous women is an ongoing problem in both Canada and the US. Canada has acknowledged the problem and has set up a federal program with significant funding to address this problem.
I purchased a six book set of these mysteries several years ago from Amazon. This is book 5 in the series and I recommend that you read them in order, as there are ongoing developments in Meg's personal life. Both my wife and I enjoy this series and recommend it to cozy mystery fans. Meg is very interested in First Nations culture and the books are very informative about their culture.
I received a review copy of book 7 in the series and liked it enough that I decided to read the rest of the series.
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