Excerpt: Espionage, double-dealing, death in Spiked, a mystery novel

In Spiked, hard-nosed crime columnist Kris Redner finds herself unravelling a political mystery that will shake institutional Ottawa to its core. The corruption trial of a disgraced former Conservative cabinet minister may be just what she needs to jumpstart her career, but Kris is quickly entangled in a secret world of espionage and ruthless political double-dealing. Who is the woman who falls to her death from the roof of Kris’s apartment building? How is she connected to what is being billed as the political trial of the century? Here's an excerpt – the first in our August Intrigue local mystery book series – to whet your appetite. Read More