Helen C Escott Books in Order

Helen C. Escott reflects on motherhood, marriage, and life as a writer in a collection of humorous personal essays. Everyday experiences become occasions to explore family relationships and the lighter side of her own life.

Patients suffering inexplicable pain and nosebleeds arrive at a St. John’s hospital, prompting a doctor and police sergeant to investigate. Claims that God has sent a disease to punish heinous criminals generate public fervor, while the investigators search for a human explanation.

RCMP Corporal Gail McNaughton receives decades-old files on murdered and missing women and children in Newfoundland. With help from an archivist whose mother was a victim, she follows overlooked suspects while confronting faded memories, lost evidence, and secrets embedded in provincial history.

A teenage Polish girl’s death in a St. John’s hotel brings Nicholas Myra and Gail McNaughton into a joint police investigation. Their search uncovers human trafficking and organized crime, with other vulnerable lives caught in the network.

A murdered Freemason draws Nicholas Myra and Donna Whiffen into an investigation shaped by ritual, symbols, and secret history. Clues lead through St. John’s churches and rumored underground tunnels toward a mystery involving a lost cathedral.

Four generations gather to clear Hadley Hynes’s house as she approaches her hundredth birthday. Hidden wartime love letters prompt discoveries about her past, while the women confront their own secrets and the burdens passed through their family.