Venture into deceptively quiet communities where nothing – and no one – is quite what they seem with these masterful literary mysteries. Booker-nominated Graeme Macrae Burnet’s A Case of Matricide is the final instalment of his trilogy, featuring Chief Inspector Gorski. As Gorski investigates an elderly woman’s fears that her son plans to kill her, Burnet’s signature literary sleight-of-hand blurs the boundaries between suspect and detective, writer and reader, puncturing the respectable façade of the seemingly sleepy provincial French town. Meanwhile, in the town of Port Ellis, Elizabeth Renzetti and Kate Hilton present the deliciously sharp Widows and Orphans, the second in their Quill & Packet series, where journalist Cat Conway’s assignment covering a wellness summit has turned deadly. When an influencer is murdered, suspicion falls on a cast of Instagram-famous suspects—including Cat’s own bestselling author mother.
Moderated by Samantha M. Bailey.
Burnet’s appearance is supported by Scottish Books International.
From the Booker-nominated author of Case Study and His Bloody Project comes the next adventure of Inspector Gorski.
In the unremarkable French town of Saint-Louis, a mysterious stranger stalks the streets; an elderly woman believes her son is planning to kill her; a prominent businessman drops dead. Between visits to the town’s drinking establishments, Chief Inspector Georges Gorski ponders what connections, if any, exist between these events, all while grappling with his own domestic and existential demons.
In Port Ellis, there’s no off-season for murder.
Journalist Cat Conway is looking forward to an easy assignment covering a major wellness and self-actualization summit at the Pinerock Resort, featuring Bliss Bondar and Bree Guthrie, creators of the Welcome, Goddess empire and widows with attitude. Cat’s mother, Marian Conway, bestselling author and defiantly mediocre parent, is on the agenda—and so is murder.
Graeme Macrae Burnet was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and now lives in Glasgow. His Bloody Project, his second novel, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016, won the Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year Award 2016, and was shortlisted for the LA Times Book Awards 2017. His fourth novel, Case Study, was longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 and was included in the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2022. A Case of Matricide is his fifth novel, the third featuring Chief Inspector Georges Gorski.
Burnet's appearance is supported by Scottish Books International.
Kate Hilton is the co-author of Bury the Lead, the bestselling first novel in the Quill & Packet mystery series. She is also the author of the novels The Hole in the Middle, Just Like Family, and Better Luck Next Time.
Elizabeth Renzetti is a bestselling Canadian author and journalist, and the co-author of the Quill & Packet mysteries. Her book What She Said: Conversations About Equality was a national bestseller in 2024.
Sat, June 28, 2025
A book signing will follow this event
Emmanuel College, Room 119
75 Queen's Park Crescent, Toronto, ON
