Vicki Delany


Vicki Delany is a Canadian mystery novelist. She is the author of nine mystery series, and a member of Crime Writers of Canada and Capital Crime Writers. Delany is a frequent panelist at mystery conferences such as Bouchercon and Malice Domestic in the United States and Bloody Words National Mystery Conference in Canada.

Biography

Delany was employed by the Royal Bank of Canada as a computer programmer and systems analyst until retiring in 2007. She now lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario. She is the mother of three daughters.
Delany is the author of the Constable Molly Smith mystery series, set in the fictional British Columbia town of Trafalgar, and the Klondike Mystery series, set in Dawson City, Yukon during the Gold Rush of 1898. She is also the author of three novels of psychological suspense, set in Northern Ontario.

Critical response

Scare the Light Away was the subject of a mixed review by Kirkus Reviews, which praised Delany's ability to create a tense atmosphere but felt that the mystery elements of the story were not as effective.
In the Shadow of the Glacier was described as "an intriguing series opener" by Publishers Weekly, which noted that Delany positioned the narrative well to continue into future works.
Valley of the Lost drew both praise and criticism from Kirkus Reviews, which described the novel's protagonists as "interesting" and the first three-quarters of the novel as "ingratiating", but then cited "exceptionally silly plotting" that sabotaged the book's ending.
Gold Digger received positive reviews from several publications. Writing for The Globe and Mail, Margaret Cannon noted a few anachronistic touches, but praised the novel's "great setting" and described it as "a lot of fun". In a review published in The Hamilton Spectator, Don Graves lauded the novel as "a captivating tale with lots of colour, ably researched detail and crisp dialogue that moves the story along, spinning into a satisfying, yet surprising, conclusion."
Winter of Secrets was criticized harshly by Kirkus Reviews, which described the novel as "a misstep" and blamed "lumpy prose and none-too-serviceable plot".

Works

A Catskill Summer Resort Mystery

  1. ''Deadly Summer Nights''

    Tea by the Sea Mysteries

  2. Tea and Treachery
  3. ''Murder in a Teacup''

    Lighthouse Library series (as Eva Gates)

  4. By Book or By Crook
  5. Booked for Trouble
  6. Reading Up a Storm
  7. The Spook in the Stacks
  8. Something Read, Something Dead
  9. Read and Buried
  10. A Death Long Overdue
  11. ''Deadly Ever After''

    Year-Round Christmas Mystery series

  12. Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen
  13. We Wish You A Murderous Christmas
  14. Hark the Herald Angels Slay
  15. Silent Night, Deadly Night
  16. ''Dying in a Winter Wonderland''

    The Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series

  17. Elementary, She Read
  18. Body on Baker Street
  19. The Cat of the Baskervilles
  20. A Scandal in Scarlet
  21. There’s a Murder Afoot
  22. A Curious Incident
  23. ''A Three Book Problem''

    Ashley Grant Mystery series

  24. White Sand Blues
  25. Blue Water Hues
  26. ''Coral Reef Views''

    Constable Molly Smith and Winters series

  27. In the Shadow of the Glacier
  28. Valley of the Lost
  29. Winter of Secrets
  30. Negative Image
  31. Among the Departed
  32. A Cold White Sun
  33. Under Cold Stone
  34. ''Unreasonable Doubt''

    Ray Robertson series

  35. Juba Good
  36. Haitian Graves
  37. ''Blood and Belonging''

    Klondike Mystery series

  38. Gold Digger
  39. Gold Fever
  40. Gold Mountain
  41. ''Gold Web''

    Psychological suspense standalones

  • White Out
  • Scare the Light Away
  • Burden of Memory
  • ''More Than Sorrow''