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My roots run deep in Saskatchewan with both of my parents born and raised in Saskatchewan, as was my husband, myself, and my children. I love walking, (even in the winter when it’s minus -30), reading, doing jigsaw puzzles, gardening, and listening to jazz. I am very humbled and honoured to have won the Crime Writers of Canada award for Best Crime Novel set in Canada for 2023, and to have been shortlisted for the Saskatchewan Book Awards for 2023.
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Newest Release:
A Snake in the Raspberry Patch
May/2022
$22.00 CDN
It’s the summer of 1971 and Liz takes care of her four sisters, while waiting to meet the sixth Murphy child: a boy. And yet something is not right. Adults tensely whisper in small groups, heads shaking. Her younger sister Rose seems more annoying, always flashing her camera and jotting notes in her notepad.
The truth is worse than anyone could imagine: an entire family slaughtered in their home nearby, even
the children. The small rural community reels in the aftermath. For Liz, these events complicate her already tiring life. Keeping Rose in line feels like a full-time job, and if Rose gets it in her head that she can solve a murder….
Debut Novel:
The Wheaton
November/2019
$19.95 CDN
A year after the early death of his wife, John Davies comes out of retirement to take a job at a senior’s residence.Having resisted ‘getting involved’ his entire life, John is immediately out of his comfort zone. Surrounded bymortality and the ghosts of regret haunting many of the residents, John begins to do the unthinkable: relate to theresident’s and reconsider his past. After a life of being a selfish husband and distracted father, is it too late to tryand make amends?
Coming soon:
Sunset Lake Resort
June/2024
For all her life, Ruby has been sheltered from the real world. First, a prisoner in her father’s house, her dad afraid someone would marry her for his money, then cooped up in her husband’s house, no outside job, no real-world experience. Now her dad is dead, and instead of Ruby inheriting his money, he’s left it to his young wife of three years, leaving Ruby only a decrepit cabin at a lake in the northern part of the province.
Available for purchase June 1 st /24
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A Snake in the Raspberry Patch
''Joanne Jackson’s second novel uncovers secrets in a small town. Layer of mystery are slowly peeled back, revealing connections in the intertwined lives of the characters. With compelling storytelling and an astute eye for detail, a Snake in the Raspberry Patch is both a detective novel and a map of the human heart''
Alice Kuipers
author of the Polly Diamond Book Series