Vicki Delany Books

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Vicki Delaney is a bestselling Canadian author that writes mystery novels. She has produced fiction under the ‘Eva Gates’ pen name. Best known for the Constable Molly Smith Mystery series, Delany attended Carleton University where she studied Modern History.

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Order of Constable Molly Smith Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 In the Shadow of the Glacier 2007 Description / Buy
2 Valley of the Lost 2009 Description / Buy
3 Winter of Secrets 2009 Description / Buy
4 Negative Image 2010 Description / Buy
5 Among the Departed 2011 Description / Buy
6 A Cold White Sun 2013 Description / Buy
7 Under Cold Stone 2014 Description / Buy
8 Unreasonable Doubt 2016 Description / Buy

Order of Ashley Grant Series

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1 White Sand Blues (Short Story) 2017 Description / Buy
2 Blue Water Hues 2018 Description / Buy
3 Coral Reef Views 2020 Description / Buy

Order of Catskill Summer Resort Mysteries Series

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1 Deadly Summer Nights 2021 Description / Buy
2 Deadly Director's Cut 2022 Description / Buy

Order of Klondike Mysteries Series

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1 Gold Digger 2009 Description / Buy
2 Gold Fever 2010 Description / Buy
3 Gold Mountain 2012 Description / Buy
4 Gold Web 2013 Description / Buy

Order of Lighthouse Library Mystery Series as Eva Gates

# Read Title Published Details
1 By Book or By Crook ( As: Eva Gates) 2015 Description / Buy
2 Booked for Trouble ( As: Eva Gates) 2015 Description / Buy
3 Reading Up a Storm ( As: Eva Gates) 2016 Description / Buy
4 The Spook in the Stacks ( As: Eva Gates) 2018 Description / Buy
5 Something Read, Something Dead ( As: Eva Gates) 2019 Description / Buy
6 Read and Buried ( As: Eva Gates) 2019 Description / Buy
7 A Death Long Overdue 2020 Description / Buy
8 Deadly Ever After 2021 Description / Buy
9 Death By Beach Read 2022 Description / Buy
10 Death Knells and Wedding Bells 2023 Description / Buy
11 The Stranger in the Library 2024 Description / Buy

Order of Ray Robertson Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Juba Good (Short Story) 2014 Description / Buy
2 Haitian Graves 2015 Description / Buy
3 Blood and Belonging (Short Story) 2017 Description / Buy

Order of Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Whiteout 2000 Description / Buy
2 Scare the Light Away 2005 Description / Buy
3 Burden of Memory 2006 Description / Buy
4 Murder at Lost Dog Lake 2011 Description / Buy
5 More Than Sorrow 2012 Description / Buy

Order of Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Elementary, She Read 2017 Description / Buy
2 Body on Baker Street 2017 Description / Buy
3 The Cat of the Baskervilles 2018 Description / Buy
4 A Scandal in Scarlet 2018 Description / Buy
5 There's a Murder Afoot 2020 Description / Buy
6 A Curious Incident 2021 Description / Buy
7 A Three Book Problem 2022 Description / Buy
8 The Game Is a Footnote 2023 Description / Buy
9 The Sign of Four Spirits 2024 Description / Buy

Order of Tea By The Sea Mysteries Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Tea & Treachery 2020 Description / Buy
2 Murder in a Teacup 2021 Description / Buy
3 Murder Spills the Tea 2022 Description / Buy
4 Steeped in Malice 2023 Description / Buy
5 Trouble Is Brewing 2024 Description / Buy

Order of Year-Round Christmas Mysteries Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen 2015 Description / Buy
2 We Wish You a Murderous Christmas 2016 Description / Buy
3 Hark the Herald Angels Slay 2017 Description / Buy
4 Silent Night, Deadly Night 2019 Description / Buy
5 Dying in a Winter Wonderland 2020 Description / Buy
6 Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas 2023 Description / Buy

Order of Vicki Delany Short Stories/Novellas

# Read Title Published Details
1 A Winter Kill (Short Story) 2012 Description / Buy

Vicki Delany Anthologies

# Read Title Published Details
1 25 Years in the Rearview Mirror 2012 Description / Buy
2 The Whole She-Bang 2012 Description / Buy
3 Bound by Mystery 2017 Description / Buy
4 Sherlock Holmes Is Like 2019 Description / Buy
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She stood out from many of her classmates because she wasn’t quite as interested in all the big wars that the major historical figures had fought. Rather, she was drawn to the stories of the ordinary people that had to survive the difficult circumstances surrounding those wars.

As a young woman, Delany’s life took an interesting turn when she abandoned her studies during her final year at Carleton University. She went to South Africa, married a man she met in the country, and started a family.

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the author returned to Canada 11 years later. But this time, she had three daughters to care for. Her experiences in Africa where eye-opening, revealing to Delany the sort of oppression that was foreign to most Canadians.

The author was working as a computer programmer in a bank when she took an interest in writing. If she was to point to one moment that placed her on the path to publishing success, she would probably highlight the days she spent in her creative writing class.

As a single mother, Delany’s life was somewhat hectic. On one occasion, Delany was struggling with a problem concerning her teenage daughter when her writing class tasked her with keeping a journey for a few days.

Delany did not set out to write fiction. She just needed an escape, and her imagination gave her just that by compelling her to pen a story about a middle-aged computer professional. Delany only wrote the first chapter. It was hardly the exercise her teachers had asked her to do.

However, she read the chapter out loud to the class and they loved it. This was all the encouragement the author needed to keep writing. Because of the demands of her work and family, Delany would only write on Sundays, specifically in the afternoon.

This was the only period of freedom she could carve out. The author’s writing sessions were often accompanied by some music (Bruce Springsteen) and a drink (tea or wine). Her progress was slow. Her daughters matured and eventually left, and this allowed Delany to dedicate more time to her craft.

She wrote and published several suspense novels. But even with her mild success, Delany wasn’t writing to her satisfaction. That changed when she left her job in 2007, sold her house, and moved to Ontario. There, she found that she had all the time in the world to write.

The author’s writing efforts were initially limited to psychological suspense. She produced several novels in the genre before abandoning it to write cozy mysteries. While some of her psychological suspense novels were well-received, Vicki Delaney did not enjoy writing them.

She did not appreciate their grim subjects and the suffering her characters endured. She was actually on the verge of quitting as a writer when cozy mysteries entered the picture. They were so fun to write that they reignited the author’s love for her career.

Vicki Delaney Awards

Delany’s list of nominations includes the Arthur Ellis, Golden Oak (Ontario Library Association), Derringer, and Bony Blithe Awards.

Vicki Delaney Books into Movies

Brightlight Pictures optioned the Constable Molly Smith Series for TV.

Best Vicki Delaney Books

Delany has been praised for her interesting protagonists, great settings, and penchant for creating a tense atmosphere, with some of her best novels including:

Elementary. She Read: Gemma Doyle was expected to manage her Great Uncle’s Sherlock Holmes establishment, which is why she had returned to the town of West London. She was excited to stumble upon Sherlock Holmes’ first story in a rare magazine.

Gemma was trying to find the magazine’s owner when she encountered a dead body. Now the police are starting to suspect her of a crime she did not commit. Her only hope is to solve the mystery before the detectives investigating the case incarcerate her.

Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen: Merry Wilkinson is confident that her float will blow the rest of her competition in the Santa Clause parade away. She has a talent for decorating homes, especially during the holidays. Merry’s confidence suffers a blow when the tractor that should have pulled her float is sabotaged.

Merry doesn’t want to make any accusations just yet, not when a reporter is writing a piece praising her town’s Christmas spirit. When the reporter in question is murdered, Merry is forced to don her detective hat.

When Does The Next Vicki Delany book come out?

The next book by Vicki Delany is Trouble Is Brewing and will be released on July, 23rd 2024. It is the newest book in the Tea By The Sea Mysteries Series.

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