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DIanne Scott
ALLi Author Member
Location: Canada
Genres: General Fiction, Crime, Mystery
Skills: Performance/Spoken Word, Press/Media Interview, Reading/Literary Event, Self-publishing Workshop/Training, Speaking Engagement/Lecture, Writing Workshop
Canadian Dianne Scott lives a short ferry ride from Toronto Island, which is the setting of many of her crime novels. She is the award-winning author of the Christine Lane Mystery series, including FINAL LOOK, MISSING, LOST AND FOUND and SABOTAGE. FINAL LOOK is on the shorlist for the KOBO Emerging Writers Award for Mystery.
When Dianne is not writing, she is walking Toronto’s neighborhoods, sipping coffee with friends or cuddling her Bichon Poodle. She also teaches literacy skills and hangs out with her young adult children playing board games and table tennis.
Dianne loves connecting with readers and book clubs and presenting about the idyllic setting of her novels. You can contact her at diannescottauthor.com. Receive a free short story when you sign up for her monthly newsletter where she describes the writer’s life and things she enjoys.
DIanne Scott's books
Final Look
One island. 500 people. One murderer.
Can police officer Christine Lane flush out the killer before the next victim falls?
“Original and entrancing.”--Maureen Jennings, author of Murdoch Mysteries
Christine Lane’s transfer to the idyllic community of Toronto Island has buried her policing career and chance of promotion. One week into her new patrol, a protest on Toronto Island devolves into a riot. Christine lands up in the hospital and an Islander is found dead.
The deputy chief questions Christine’s toughness and suggests she return to the tamer landscape of the Women’s Bureau. Scrambling to save her job and find justice for the victim, Christine doubles down on her investigation into the Islander’s death.
When the murderer realizes Christine is on the trail, a cat and mouse game ensues. Will it be Christine or the killer caught in the trap?
Final Look is the first book in a mystery series debuting Christine Lane as a policewoman patrolling Toronto in the 1960s. Forced to prove herself daily in the job, Christine uses her integrity, grit and six-foot height to fight crime, even if it means she becomes a target herself.
Winner of the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Manuscript
For readers who enjoy Louise Penny, Karin Slaughter, Maureen Jennings and series like The Bletchley Circle.