Mel Bradshaw Books in Order

In industrializing Toronto, a politician’s sudden death and his daughter’s disappearance draw bank cashier Isaac into amateur investigation. Still in love with the missing woman, he confronts her powerful husband and increasingly grim evidence that others seem willing to ignore.

Investigating an industrialist’s murder in 1920s Toronto, veteran detective Paul Shenstone discovers connections to men he served beside in the Great War. His promise to the victim’s daughter forces him to weigh the demands of justice against wartime loyalties.

A fatal burglary transforms criminologist Ted Boudreau’s study of violence into personal loss. Suspecting a connection to his research on a biker gang, he pursues justice while protecting a source and questioning beliefs his colleagues continue to defend.

A fatal grenade explosion sends Toronto detective Paul Shenstone searching for a missing European woman. Believing she is the intended target, he discovers that her dangerous knowledge reaches beyond a local crime and may help prevent another war.

An artist dies after winning a commission for a Toronto church’s war memorial mural, apparently falling from her scaffold. Discovering death threats, detective Paul Shenstone investigates across social divisions and uncovers the prejudices that surrounded her work.