“You see flowers and leaves and greenery and things growing and blooming. I can hear in your voice how much joy plants bring you. I can see it in your eyes. You see beauty, you see nature. You smell like flowers, you smell beautiful and fresh and alive. That’s what I want, what I need. I need someone who is alive and kind and who sees flowers when they look down the street. I need you to see that, to remind me that beautyand light and joy exist.”
– Detective Inspector Caitlin Murphy
Murder at Sunny Lake
A Muskoka Murder Mystery
A young man’s obsession with finding a Sasquatch brought him to the forests of Muskoka. And it brought him to his death.
When he is found stabbed and dumped in a lake with no identification, Detective Inspector Caitlin Murphy and her homicide unit are tasked with finding his murderer.
This shocking crime took place in the heart of Ontario’s cottage country, a land of forests, lakes and pretty small towns, not cold-blooded murder. Who would have wanted to harm the Sasquatch hunter who swore he found real proof of the elusive creature?
Murphy’s team must find out who he was, what he found, and who killed him. What they uncover are a poisoned reserve, government incompetence and an old murder worth killing to keep secret.
Murphy must also navigate her open marriage, a new love interest, and a simmering Indigenous community fighting for truth. Can she get the killer to confess, or will he remain forever free?