Randall Denley is the author of eight mysteries. His novel Payback was nominated for the Crime Writers of Canada Best Crime Novel Set in Canada. He has been a political columnist for more than 25 years and writes regularly for the Ottawa Citizen and the National Post. The following excerpt is from Kill Day, the newest novel in his Kris Redner mystery series.

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Ottawa crime writer Kris Redner’s relationship with former hockey star Darcy Lamb has grown stale and so has writing true crime books. She misses the thrill of new love and the adrenaline rush of daily journalism.

An unexpected solution presents itself when an old flame offers Kris a big new job at the Ottawa Citizen. Kris’s former lover, Colin Wendover, is the new editor and he wants to win Kris back. If she takes the job, wha

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