RCMP The Miramichi Reader

The “Mr. Big” Sting: The Cases, the Killers, the Controversial Confessions by Mark Stobbe

November 22, 2021 by James M. Fisher

The “Mr. Big” Sting is essential reading for anyone interested in unorthodox approaches to justice, including their successes and failures. It sheds light on how homicide investigators might catch and punish the guilty while avoiding convicting the innocent.

Invisible Wounds: The emotional journey of a police officer’s battle with PTSD by Norm DeVarennes

November 8, 2020 by Allan Hudson

This book explains how a shy small town boy's mental health changed as he progressed into his policing career. The author analyzes his career path of how he gradually changed during his career as a police officer confronting all of the types of calls mentioned above amongst others. That his changes to his mental health were so subtle that he didn't notice of the damages done to his mental health until it was almost too late.

Operation Wormwood: The Reckoning by Helen C. Escott

November 1, 2020September 27, 2020 by James M. Fisher

The long-awaited sequel to Operation Wormwood (2018, Flanker Press), The Reckoning concludes the story of a disease that appears to only target pedophiles and is accredited to God by those of the Roman Catholic Church.

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The Helen C. Escott Interview

September 26, 2020 by James M. Fisher

Helen C. Escott is the author of the widely read blog-turned-book I Am Funny Like That, which has over 222,000 readers, and two bestselling crime thrillers: Operation Wormwood, which was nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel in 2019; and Operation Vanished, which was the Silver Medal Winner for Best Regional Fiction, awarded by the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards.

Black Cop: My 36 years in police work, and my career ending experiences with official racism by Calvin Lawrence, With Miles Howe

September 21, 2019 by James M. Fisher

The title and subtitle pretty much sum up what this book is about: being black and facing systemic racism in two police organizations in a 36-year career. Calvin Lawrence was born in 1949 in Yarmouth and raised in Halifax. His … Continue reading

Darkest Before the Dawn by Mike Martin

December 7, 2018December 1, 2018 by James M. Fisher

Darkest Before The Dawn is the latest adventure in the Sgt. Winston Windflower mystery series, the popular Maritime tales by Mike Martin about a Mountie who finds himself with a new family and a new life in tiny Grand Bank, Newfoundland.

Cops in Kabul: A Newfoundland Peacekeeper in Afghanistan by William C. Malone

August 30, 2021November 24, 2018 by James M. Fisher

Cops in Kabul is the thrilling personal account of retired RCMP Superintendent William C. Malone, who was the deputy Canadian police commander in Kabul, Afghanistan, from May 2011 to May 2012.

Death at the Harbourview Cafe by Fred Humber

November 9, 2018November 25, 2017 by James M. Fisher

Three deaths: one, a popular Chinese businessman, the second his adopted son, and the third a rookie RCMP constable in a popular cafe and store in the unassuming town of Botwood Newfoundland. If that doesn’t have the makings of a … Continue reading

The Mike Martin Interview

May 6, 2018November 5, 2017 by James M. Fisher

Sgt. Windflower Mystery series is a series of cozy mysteries set in the small Newfoundland town of Grand Bank where Sgt. Winston Windflower is the top cop in the RCMP detachment there. The latest instalment in the series, A Tangled … Continue reading

A Long Ways From Home by Mike Martin

November 5, 2017November 5, 2016 by James M. Fisher

Instalment #5 in Mike Martin’s Sgt. Windflower Mystery series finds the Grand Banks Newfoundland RCMP officer monitoring a relatively peaceful motorcycle gang show of strength in the province, only to discover two dead bodies in its wake. This, along with … Continue reading

Confessions of a Mountie by Frank Pitts

June 22, 2016 by James M. Fisher

Subtitled Behind the Red Serge, retired RCMP Officer Frank Pitts, a veteran of 32 years with the Mounties, tells his story in dramatic fashion in this 2016 Flanker Press publication. Born in the small community of Freshwater, Bell Island Newfoundland, … Continue reading