• This police procedural series features Brenda Chapman's signature "very clever plotting" (Ann Cleeves) and "suspenseful" (Booklist) twists and turns
• Kala Stonechild is an Indigenous police detective and her mentor/boss Jacques Rouleau is French-Canadian and they serve on the Kingston major crimes force
• Author is well-connected in the crime writing community as a member and past president of the Capital Crime Writers and the Crime Writers of Canada, is a former teacher and senior communications adviser who has written over 20 books, including 7 previous Stonechild & Rouleau mysteries
• Book setting: Kingston, Ontario, and Queen's University
• Author residence: Ottawa

Brenda Chapman is a crime writer who has published over twenty-five books, including seven previous in the lauded Stonechild and Rouleau mystery series. She lives in Ottawa.