Bleeding Darkness

A Stonechild and Rouleau Mystery

By: Brenda Chapman

Narrated by: Tara Yelle

Two murders, fourteen years apart, both shrouded in secrets.

David McKenna lies dying in a Kingston hospital, his children gathered from across the country to say a final goodbye. But the family reunion opens old wounds. David’s only daughter, Lauren, never recovered from the unsolved murder of her high school best friend fourteen years earlier—or the suspicion that her brother, Tristan, was behind it.

Before David breathes his last, Tristan’s pregnant wife disappears and the Major Crimes Unit is called in to help find her. With Kala Stonechild struggling to reconnect with her foster niece and Zach Woodhouse making trouble for Staff Sergeant Jacques Rouleau, tensions are running high on the team, but they must put their personal problems aside when a woman’s strangled body is found frozen on the Rideau Trail.

With a winter storm sweeping the shores of Lake Ontario, the team uncovers unspeakable betrayals that give more than one suspect a reason to kill …

©2018 Brenda Chapman (P)2023 Dundurn Press

Critic reviews

A complex and suspenseful mystery. Recommended highly to crime-fiction fans looking for a new author.―Booklist

Bleeding Darkness is a cleverly-crafted story, steeped in suspense, impossible to put down―Rick Mofina, bestselling author of Last Seen

The ongoing story lines in Kala and Rouleau’s personal and work lives add depth and strength to this book and the series as a whole. Readers will enjoy riding shotgun with them through every twist and turn of this intriguing case.―Publishers Weekly