The Suicide Murders (20 page)
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM PENGUIN CANADA
THE RANSOM GAME
Howard Engel
A BENNY COOPERMAN MYSTERY
Benny is bored until blue-eyed, long-legged Muriel Falkirk enters his office because her boyfriend, the notorious Johnny Rosa, has gone missing. It’s been ten years since Johnny pulled off a sensational kidnapping, and he’s served his time. But now he’s skipped parole—or been murdered—and Muriel wants to know where he is.
Find out more about Howard Engel mysteries at
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM PENGUIN CANADA
MURDER ON LOCATION
Howard Engel
A BENNY COOPERMAN MYSTERY
Hollywood’s elite has gathered on the shores of Niagara Falls for the making of a thriller, but when Benny wanders onto the set, he’s not looking for a bit part—he’s doggedly tracking down a woman who is missing from his hometown.
Find out more about Howard Engel mysteries at
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM PENGUIN CANADA
MURDER SEES THE LIGHT
Howard Engel
A BENNY COOPERMAN MYSTERY
A simple babysitting assignment turns nasty for Benny in Algonquin Park, and before he’s even had time to work on his tan, he’s up to his waterline in cults, black flies, and murder!
Find out more about Howard Engel mysteries at
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM PENGUIN CANADA
A CITY CALLED JULY
Howard Engel
A BENNY COOPERMAN MYSTERY
When Rabbi Meltzer and the President of Grantham’s synagogue knock on Benny’s office door, they aren’t looking to sell raffle tickets. They need his help in tracking down a missing lawyer who has disappeared with the life savings of half of the Jewish community.
Find out more about Howard Engel mysteries at
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM PENGUIN CANADA
A VICTIM MUST BE FOUND
Howard Engel
A BENNY COOPERMAN MYSTERY
Benny Cooperman finds himself mixed up in the art world—he’s hot on the trail of some missing paintings by Wallace Lamb—a trail that leads him to some of Grantham’s illustrious elite who buy, trade, and sometimes steal pictures.
Find out more about Howard Engel mysteries at
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM PENGUIN CANADA
DEAD AND BURIED
Howard Engel
A BENNY COOPERMAN MYSTERY
When Jack Dowden’s widow appeals to Benny to investigate the death of her truck-driving husband, Canada’s favourite gumshoe finds himself up to his egg-saladstained lapels in the deadly filth of Kinross Disposals. As he unearths clues—and PCBs—the body count begins to rise, and Benny does his best not to end up … dead and buried.
Find out more about Howard Engel mysteries at
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM PENGUIN CANADA
THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN
Howard Engel
A BENNY COOPERMAN MYSTERY
It all starts with a noisy toilet. Benny Cooperman, the working-stiff private eye, is back, this time trying to sort out the trivial from the deadly in a case that involves faulty plumbing, a dead old woman, and a crooked politician.
Find out more about Howard Engel mysteries at
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM PENGUIN CANADA
GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER
Howard Engel
A BENNY COOPERMAN MYSTERY
Benny is, as always, desperate for paying work, but he flatly refuses an invitation to work for Grantham’s most notorious crime boss. But Benny doesn’t have much of a choice when Abram Wise has him kidnapped in the middle of the night and gives him an ultimatum: either Benny takes the case, or his parents and girlfriend may run into some very bad luck.
Find out more about Howard Engel mysteries at
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM PENGUIN CANADA
THE COOPERMAN VARIATIONS
Howard Engel
A BENNY COOPERMAN MYSTERY
Vanessa Moss, an executive with the National Television Corporation, thinks somebody’s trying to kill her. To protect herself, she engages the services of former classmate and gumshoe Benny Cooperman to go undercover as her personal assistant. Benny discovers a warren of competing executives, backbiting lawyers, arrogant producers, and sycophantic flunkies.
Find out more about Howard Engel mysteries at
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM PENGUIN CANADA
MEMORY BOOK
Howard Engel
A BENNY COOPERMAN MYSTERY
Benny is recovering in a Toronto hospital from a serious blow to the head. He was found unconscious beside a dead woman in a dumpster, so he figures he must have been close to solving a case, though he has no memory of the events. With his girlfriend, Anna, working as field agent, he tries to piece together the events that led to a murder―and his own injuries.