From 1985 to 2000, Laurali Rose Wright published nine novels set in Sechelt that feature RCMP staff sergeant Karl Alberg. Alberg’s romantic interest, Cassandra Mitchell, is a bibliophile and librarian. Wright’s subsequent books revolved around a new protagonist but were also set on the Sunshine Coast.
Jack Batten’s first Whodunit column in the Toronto Star ran on March 7, 1999. It wasn’t the first time he’d written reviews for the paper — a quick search in