Keywords: Dystopian, Action/Adventure, Thriller, New Adult Fiction, Crime
Released: November 2024
Available at: Amazon, The Cozy Fox (Selkirk), Gaynor Family Regional Library (Selkirk)
In the year 2071, a murder spree is terrorizing the citizens of the futuristic city of Prosperity Way.
The city is already dealing with social turmoil resulting from the opening of the wall that separated the upper-class Royalton community from the poorer Zone B. After the collapse of the Kane Administration—a rigid authoritarian regime—citizens are living in a new world.
Hope Mulder, a one-armed Elite Front guard, is one of those charged with capturing the murderer, and quelling the rampant fear in Prosperity Way. But Hope is too independent and can't follow rules.
Hope Unites is a story of determination and perseverance, and a young woman’s race to catch a killer and stop a community from spiralling into anarchy.
Genre keywords: Dystopian, Action/Adventure, Thriller, Mystery, New Adult Fiction
Released: February 2022
Available at: Amazon, The Cozy Fox (Selkirk), Gaynor Family Regional Library (Selkirk), Friesen Press Online Bookstore, Google Play Books, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble Nook, Kobo
1st Edition released February 2022
2nd Edition released November 2023
It’s 2070, and climate change has ravaged the planet and destroyed national government, leaving cities to their own rule. Born with one arm and left for dead as an infant, Hope Mulder has struggled to find her place in life in the city of Prosperity Way. Hope’s greatest desire is to be part of the Elite Front, a group of highly trained soldiers who protect the city, keep order, and carry out the wishes of the Supreme Valor—the ruler of Prosperity Way—but she faces the doubt and derision of those who see only her disability.
At the age of twenty-one, Hope’s dream is realized—she is accepted into the Elite Front training program. As she throws herself into her training, her loving adoptive parents try to warn her about the choices she is making and how they may set her on a path of no return. When Hope is ordered to carry out an agonizing duty, she is forced to question her faith in the Elite Front’s mission. To redefine her existence, however, she must first face the consequences of her actions and confront the painful truth of her past.
Genre keywords: Psychological, Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Adult Fiction, Crime
Released: May 2023
Available at: Amazon, The Cozy Fox (Selkirk), Gaynor Family Regional Library (Selkirk)
Aspiring novelist Dalia Comb lives a luxurious life complete with a loving family and professional husband until the fateful night their teenage daughter, Maria, doesn't return.
Thrust into more drama she could ever produce on the page, Dalia turns detective and, aided by her detective brother, investigates a shadowy world of mental trauma, mean streets, and people close to her who are not always what they seem.
The search uncovers twists and trysts, and leads her down rabbit holes into worlds she has never known before. Her fight to bring Maria home ultimately tests her sanity and her marriage.
In MISSING MARIA, Ryan Souter has penned a psychological thriller of a mother’s desperate search for her only child, and how one’s painful past can come back to haunt.
Genre keywords: Psychological, Suspense, Thriller, Adult Fiction, Crime
Released: October 2020
Available at: Amazon, The Cozy Fox (Selkirk), Gaynor Family Regional Library (Selkirk)
John Marvin walks the high school hallways and streets of Island Cove mostly unnoticed. A Grade 12, socially awkward outcast, his world is turned upside down when a new girl arrives in town.
After sudden tragedy hits John’s life, he is forced to find a heartfelt, human connection. Wanting another life, he focuses on the new girl who has shown him care and affection. The two build a friendship, but John finds himself needing more.
With an unflinching, human desire for acceptance, John finds his life spinning out of control, taking others with him and leaving the quiet town of Island Cove shattered forever.