Barbara Fradkin and Mary Jane Maffini will be signing their latest titles, This Thing of Darkness and Law and Disorder, at Prime Crime Books in Ottawa, Saturday, December 19, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Law and Disorder by Mary Jane Maffini has been given the full snazzy book trailer treatment

Savvy holiday shoppers flocked to the Badminton & Racquet Club in Toronto on Saturday, but sports equipment was the last thing on their minds. Mayhem and murder topped the "naughty or nice" lists and no one went away disappointed.

Resplendent in festive greenery, crimson accents and twinkling chandeliers, the third floor library was a perfect setting for the combined launch of Mary Jane Maffini's' exciting new Camilla MacPhee Mystery "Law & Disorder" and Joan Boswell's sinister Hollis Grant Mystery "Cut to the Chase." Guests enjoyed a delightful afternoon of readings, signing and schmoozing - proof positive that crime is alive and well and living in your nearest bookstore.

"Christmas shopping made simple - buy Canadian ... Authors, that is."
by author Lorie Steiner