Bøger af Donna Carrick

**Finalist for the 2015 Arthur Ellis Best Short Story Award! Writer's Block, by Kevin Thornton.From the dangerous streets of Johannesburg to the hallowed halls of Toronto's academia, from the raging swell of the English Channel, to the white sands of Canada's Atlantic playground, crime is indeed a global affair. World Enough and Crime, the second in our Excerpt Flight Deck series of anthologies, features stories by such award-winning authors as: Rosemary Aubert, Kevin P. Thornton, Melodie Campbell, M.H. Callway, Steven Moore, Joan O'Callaghan, Jayne Barnard and Rosemary McCracken, as well as emerging authors John Thompson, Bianca Marais, Judy Penz Sheluk and Ed Piwowarczyk. Donna Carrick is the author of The First Excellence, Gold And Fishes and The Noon God, as well as several short story anthologies. In 2011, The First Excellence won the Indie Book Event Award. Her story "Watermelon Weekend," featured in THIRTEEN by the Mesdames of Mayhem (Carrick Publishing) was a finalist for the prestigious Arthur Ellis Best Short Story Award in 2014. Alex Carrick is the author of four books of short stories. "Four Scoops" Is Over The Top features "Caboose Follies," which received Honorable Mention in the 2011 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. "Three Scoops" Is A Blast! includes the 2010 Lorian Hemingway Honorable Mention winner, "The Size Of The Skip." In May 2012, Writer's Digest chose Alex's site for its Blog of the Week. The accompanying description said, "Alex Carrick's blog is clean, crisp and entertaining. His stories range from humorous to thought-provoking, making it a fun read." Contents: Crime...Noun, Michael C. Slater Doctor Shediac, Donna Carrick The Case of the Carriageless Horse, Steven M. Moore Cover Girl, Melodie Campbell The Prime Suspect, Rosemary Aubert What Fresh Hell Is This? John Thompson The Savages Among Us, Bianca Marais Antonia, Rosemary McCracken Delights in Novelty, Brad Ling Runaway, Joan O'Callaghan Live Free or Die, Judy Penz Sheluk Writer's Block, Kevin P. Thornton Belief, Jane Petersen Burfield Ghost Protocol, Angie Capozello The Angels Wait, Ed Piwowarczyk The Ultimate Mystery, M.H. Callway An Inexpensive Piece, C.A. Rowland A Locked Room Puzzle, Anne Barton Danger by Moonlight, Anne Barton Leverage, Andrea Kikuchi Potluck, Lynne Murphy Easter Aches, Jayne Barnard The Peace of Mind Thief, Alex Carrick

Join Fa-ling on an incredible journey into the heart of mainland China as she sets out to discover the land of her birth. In order to determine her future, Fa-ling must first unlock the mysteries of her past. To this end, she travels with a Canadian adoption group to the exotic southern province of Guang-Xi Zhuang. Searching for her lost heritage, Fa-ling encounters murder, kidnapping, political intrigue and organ theft. Together with Detective Wang Yong-qi and his brilliant but uncouth partner Cheng Minsheng, Fa-ling must uncover a high-stakes kidnapping plot -before another child goes missing!

Living in the shadow of greatness can be a difficult thing. Just ask Desdemona. When her father, the magnificent J. Caesar Fortune, is found murdered inside the offices of the Faculty of Art, there is no shortage of people who carried a grudge against him.

Foreign aid worker Ayla Harris is struggling to bring hope back into the ruins of post-tsunami Indonesia. But when she discovers that her disreputable brother-in-law is missing, she sets out to find him and soon realizes that her own life is in terrible danger.

What happens when an old flame is murdered in a half-forgotten prairie village? Or when a new love threatens a growing young family in Ontario's isolated cottage-country? Donna Carrick is the author of The First Excellence (winner of the 2011 Indie Book Event Award), Gold And Fishes and The Noon God, as well as several short story collections. Her story "Watermelon Weekend", featured in Thirteen (Carrick Publishing), was shortlisted for the prestigious Crime Writers of Canada Best Short Story Award, 2014. Carrick's novels have reached over 100,000 readers worldwide. Praise for The First Excellence: "An exquisitely-crafted saga of one person's search for her roots set against a clash of cultures. An intricate plot that mirrors the subtlety of China itself...." Jim Napier, The Sherbrooke Record, also Deadly Diversions "...compelling storylines...A complex mystery with multiple plots and a host of intriguing characters. ...pleasantly unpredictable..." Kirkus Discoveries