Here's the recipe that resulted in The End Game being nominated for the Crime Writers of Canada's 2024 Award of Excellence for Best Crime First Take one deadly explosion. Add one burned body and one teenaged suspect. Stir to create one week-long race for Gabe Gabrieli to save his kid brother’s neck.
Former lawyer turned part-time investigator Gabe Gabrieli visits a small resort town to fulfill a promise. He plans to check in, attend a christening, check out. Two days max. But when police name his kid brother as their prime suspect in a gruesome killing on a nearby mountain, Gabe leaps into a desperate search for the truth – a week-long battle that pits him against deceptive locals, a mountain’s secrets, and a cunning killer who ultimately threatens to destroy all Gabe cares about and pushes him to his breaking point. Immerse yourself in Gabe's world and buckle up!
Charlotte Morganti is a Canadian writer of crime fiction. She has been a burger flipper, beer slinger and a corporate finance/mining lawyer. In addition to her law degree, she holds a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing. Now retired from legal practice, she focuses on writing crime fictionnovels and short stories, ranging from gritty investigations to lighter capers. Charlotte usually sets her stories in small towns that harbour both villains (often cunning, occasionally inept) and the sleuths who pursue them.