A Muriel Grant Investigation Series

“Muriel Grant is a woman determined to tell the truth in a world that would prefer she stay quiet.”

Montreal, 1936.

Muriel Grant has just landed a new job at The Montreal Daily Star, not in the newsroom she dreams of, but in the Women's Department, covering society teas and trousseau parties. It's a foot in the door, and Muriel intends to kick it wide open.

When a desperate young woman walks into the classifieds desk with a story of stolen wages and broken promises, Muriel sees more than a cautionary tale; she sees a pattern. Behind a string of fraudulent employment ads lurks a man preying on vulnerable women: immigrants, widows, anyone with no one to turn to. Then one of them turns up dead in a back alley.

Navigating a city where powerful men protect their own and women's voices are confined to the back pages, Muriel follows the trail into the shadows of Montreal's Red-Light District, where ambition, danger, and her own stubborn conscience will collide with something far larger than she bargained for.

Murder in the Classifieds is a gripping debut for a tenacious, irresistible heroine who refuses to look away, even when she's told it's none of her business. Perfect for fans of Maisie Dobbs, Phryne Fisher, and The Postmistress.