Barbara Fradkin schreibt düstere, realistische und psychologische Kriminalromane, die von ihrem Hintergrund als Psychologin inspiriert sind, die mit Kindern und Familien arbeitet. Sie fasziniert die dunkle Seite der menschlichen Natur und die verzweifelten Entscheidungen, die Einzelpersonen unter Druck treffen. Ihre Romane verbinden geschickt Spannung mit tiefen Erkundungen von Motiven und Konsequenzen. Leser, die fesselnde, psychologisch nuancierte Thriller suchen, die sich mit den dunkleren Aspekten menschlichen Verhaltens befassen, werden ihre Arbeit fesselnd finden.
The latest installment in the Inspector Green Mystery series features an intriguing case involving an elderly Ukrainian woman, promising a captivating whodunit for readers who enjoy the works of Louise Penny and Tana French. The story showcases the detective's impulsive nature as he navigates this complex investigation, blending mystery with rich character development.
The murder of a controversial psychiatrist in Ottawa's Byward Market initially seems like a simple mugging, but Inspector Green's investigation reveals deeper complexities. As he delves into the case, he confronts challenging questions about justice and morality, exploring the intricate motives behind the crime. This gripping narrative intertwines themes of ethics and the human psyche, leading to a thought-provoking exploration of what justice truly means.
A teenager sets out to meet her lover by an Ottawa waterfall. Days later her body washes up in the shallows. The public fears a sexual predator is on the loose, while Inspector Green suspects a personal connection. His search for answers draws him into the world of elite young hockey players, drugs, and teen sexuality.
While planning a tour on rugged Vancouver Island, Amanda Doucette befriends a fiercely private old artist whose traumatic, tangled past catches up with him when the body of a surfer washes up on a beach near his retreat.
When an old man dies a seemingly natural death in a parking lot, only Inspector Michael Green finds it suspicious. A search of his house turns up an old tool box with a hidden compartment containing a German ID card from World War II. Was the victim a Jewish camp survivor or a Nazi soldier trying to escape imprisonment?
Ottawa Homicide Inspector Michael Green is obsessed with his job, a condition which has almost ruined his marriage several times. A young student and scion of a rich family is found expertly stabbed in the stacks of a university library, and Green realizes that he must waste no time solving the case, no matter what the consequences may be.
When a homeless man falls to his death from an abandoned church tower, Inspector Green uncovers a family full of fundamentalist religious views, teenage rebellion, and a secret so terrible someone is trying to keep it hidden twenty years on.
Matthew Fraser was an idealistic teacher accused of molesting a schoolgirl and acquitted in a sensational case that left the truth hidden and his life in tatters. Ten years later, his distraught confidante walks into Ottawa Police Inspector Michael Green's office insisting that Fraser has vanished.
While investigating why an unidentified woman drowned in the Ottawa River, Inspector Green uncovers dark secrets linked to a peacekeeping mission in Yugoslavia more than a decade ago. Is someone still killing to prevent that secret from coming to light?
When a man disappears, the police conclude he is simply fleeing an unhappy home and a mountain of debt. Then a body is discovered. Inspector Green's daughter, a rookie patrol officer, fears that her actions precipitated the murder and starts to dig for answers. Her search leads her straight into the path of danger. And another body.