Lou Allin Books in Order

Northern Ontario realtor Belle Palmer suspects foul play when her friend dies in an apparent snowmobile accident. Investigating resort owners, environmental conflicts, and local drug dealers, she searches for the motive behind a death on an isolated lake.

Gunshots disturb Belle Palmer's woodland walks before an elderly neighbor is murdered near her lakeside home. Her investigation into the death leads to a residential school's past and the lasting damage concealed beneath the community's ordinary routines.

Belle Palmer's employee is accused of killing the investment broker whose collapsed business ruined numerous clients. While trying to clear her friend, Belle takes charge of a troublesome poodle and faces a stalker in the Northern Ontario wilderness.

Professor Maddie Temple's new school year begins with a student's fatal fall from the library. When her department chairman is also killed, she investigates missing research, university funding disputes, and colleagues whose ambitions may conceal murderous motives.

Belle Palmer discovers a businesswoman murdered while showing her lakefront mansion. When the victim's young son disappears into a cold September night, Belle joins the search and confronts criminals determined to protect a lucrative illicit operation.

Belle Palmer's former high-school boyfriend returns to her neighborhood to research elk, then is found drowned. Missing equipment and evidence concerning poisoning lead her into the wilderness, where someone is prepared to use violence to hide their activities.

Newly in charge of a small Vancouver Island detachment, Corporal Holly Martin investigates a student's apparent drowning. Unexpected toxicology results raise questions about the death, prompting Holly and her colleagues to pursue evidence that challenges the initial verdict.

Reporter Terry Hart and her aunt explore Utah by RV and discover a missing student's remains in a remote cave. The student's research into early Puebloans offers a possible motive, drawing Terry toward a dangerous investigation.

Corporal Holly Martin investigates a homeless man's fatal overdose on Vancouver Island and learns he may have concealed something valuable nearby. As she follows the evidence, an exceptional drought creates a growing threat of wildfire around her community.

Drifter Rick Cooper accepts a widow’s offer to restore her Ontario hunting lodge for a share of its profits. When she refuses to pay, their confrontation becomes fatal, leaving him with a crime to conceal and her troublesome dog.

Widowed Sandra marries a seemingly considerate lawyer whose controlling behavior turns abusive. Fearing he arranged his first wife’s death, she escapes with her daughter to a remote cabin, where she must devise a plan to survive his pursuit.

A series of attacks on women unsettles Vancouver Island while an accusation removes one of Holly Martin's constables from duty. Facing public anger and limited authority, Holly gathers her own evidence to identify the offender before another attack.

Two stories follow threats hidden beneath ordinary encounters. Three unpleasant friends endanger a woman’s cherished wilderness retreat, while a seemingly exemplary new neighbor raises questions about a secret that may be both shameful and dangerous.

In Victorian British Columbia, police officer Edwin DesRosiers investigates the murder of a woman connected to his adolescence and his artist mother. Personal memories complicate his search as the case exposes troubling secrets within the city he serves.