Melissa Yi: 27 books

Tent flap open. Sandals still neatly lined up in front of the tent. But no sign of odd Uncle Leonard, who can’t swim. Solving two murders back in Montreal made Hope Sze a touch paranoid. Should she: a) call the police, b) comb through the pine forest, c) drag the waters of the Madawaska...

Mayday. Mayday. Unstable man vs. unconscious child. Did the boy slip and shatter his neck? Did he drown in Black Donald Lake? Even if the boy hovers on the edge of death, Dr. Hope Sze could drag him back to life. If only she can pry him from her uncle’s grip. Praise for Terminally Ill, by...

Selected as one of the great must-read mysteries of the summer by Canada's national book show, CBC Radio's The Next Chapter A dead man in the snow shatters Dr. Hope Sze’s peaceful month of research at an Ottawa stem cell lab. Hope discovers that one man’s body leads to a series of...

Who killed Canada's coolest doctor? Dr. Hope Sze rolls into Montreal with three simple goals: 1) survive her family medicine residency, 2) try pain au chocolat, 3) go on a date sometime in the next two years. Turns out there's no shortage of good-looking guys in the gourmet capital of...

A mother who burns for justice. The doctor who can’t say no. And the killer who lies in wait. Dr. Hope Sze solved her first murder case a week ago—and almost got strangled in the process. Now she just wants to pass her psychiatry rotation. No more Sherlock Holmes-ing for Hope. Ever. Until...

Wanted: Inner Peace. Signed, Hope Sze, the “detective doctor” sick of solving murders. Hope escaped the crime-ridden city of Montreal. Gone fishing with her dad for his birthday. Long gone girl, trading sirens for misty lakes and crimson maple leaves. A perfect family fun day, until...

Dr. Valerie Chia strides into St. Joseph's emergency room expecting the usual Montreal Monday morning chaos. Nothing she and the other day doctor can't handle, with the help of the nurses and a little coffee. Until the other day doctor doesn't show up. And one of the overnight patients crashes....

Fresh out of jail and off drugs, Fred Redish embarks on a new life.  First up:  getting to know his two young sons, who are under the custody of his mother-in-law.  Problem is, she poisons them against Mohawks in general and Fred in particular.  How can he get his boys back before...

At West Vincent High School, the power couple ain’t the prom king and queen. The head janitor, Gordon Pinchuk, rules the roost, harassing everyone from the principal down to the students. Gordon saves some special grief for Birdie, the one female janitor. Good thing Birdie’s...

From a twisted tale of greed by masterful writer Kate Wilhelm to a dark tale of murder and betrayal by Shamus-award winner Brendan DuBois, Fiction River Special Edition: Crime covers the entire gamut of the mystery genre—cozy to noir. New York Times bestselling author Julie Hyzy joins Edgar Award-winner...

Fiction River crosses the border (and sometimes the galaxy) in this latest volume of Fiction River Presents. From a look into the Canadian side of World War II to the streets of London’s East End to worlds altogether alien, Writers Without Borders offers up international perspectives from Fiction...

When Octavia Ling spots an ad for The Italian School for Assassins, she figures that it sounds like a crazy workout, better than pole dancing, and exactly the kind of nuttiness she craves for a birthday that ends in a zero. Except, when “V" lands in Florence, the other assassin students seem…awfully...

"Why don't you write about your mother? That's what I like when I read Amy Tan," suggested a friend. That was why I read Amy Tan too. Still, I resisted the suggestions until I wrote the Hope Sze medical thrillers and a version of my family snuck onto the pages. And now, wouldn't you know...

All Octavia “V” Ling wants for the holidays? Inner peace and a piece of the sizzling spy named Dario. Since gingerbread men will dance the cha cha before Dario swears his undying devotion, V jets off to Goa, India, ready to rock the handstands with a yogini named Raven. Only Raven...