Looking for a police procedural set in picturesque Canada? 

Let Award-winning and Bestselling Author P.D. Workman take you to her favourite Calgary parks, as Métis detective Margie Patenaude investigates a murder in this fast-paced new series.

Detective "Parks" Pat — Margie Patenaude — is a new Calgary homicide detective. Being Métis and a single mom, she has a few things on her plate. Working on a spate of murders in Calgary and area parks earns Margie her nickname.

These short mysteries are just right for those days when you could use a break from your busy life.

Take a walk in a Calgary park with Parks Pat

7 Knows the Hills

Detective Margie "Parks Pat" Patenaude is called to the gruesome scene in Nose Hill Park, and despite what she can see with her own eyes, does not believe that this is an open-and-shut case of the victim being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

8 Spanning the Creek

City Hall wanted the death of Samuel Keller to be anything but an accident. Confederation Park had seen too many tragedies lately and did not need another added to the tally. Detective "Parks Pat" Patenaude had not been expecting to find evidence of murder.

9 Sanctuary in the Stream

Nature can be cruel and beavers have been known to attack. This national symbol can be rabid and vicious. Yet that does not appear to be the case in the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, and Parks Pat is on the case, hoping to uncover the truth in this unexpected death.