THE ANCIENT DEAD is now available for pre-order!

After a long Covid delay, the fourth book in the Amanda Doucette series will soon be here! In Alberta's dinosaur country, Amanda tries to find the link between bones uncovered in a remote coulee and an uncle who went missing thirty years ago.

January 26, 2021 is the official date but it is now available for pre-order through your favourite independent bookstore as well as Amazon and Indigo. ARCs are also now available for reviewers through Net Galley. 

And in other exciting news...

Barbara has just sent the manuscript of a brand-new Inspector Green novel off to the publisher, and it's due out in 2021. Stay tuned for the cover and title details soon.

A bit about Barbara...

Barbara Fradkin is a retired psychologist and multiple award-winning mystery author whose work with children and families provides much of the insight and inspiration for her stories. She has an affinity for the dark side and is best known for her gritty, psychological Inspector Green novels, which have been nominated four times for the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence in the Best Novel category. She has won this award twice.

More recently, she embarked on a mystery-thriller series featuring Amanda Doucette, an adventurous, passionate but struggling international aid worker who is looking for healing and new direction. There are currently three books in that series, set in different, iconic locations across Canada, and the fourth, The Ancient Dead, comes out in January 2021. It is set in the starkly beautiful badlands of Alberta.

She also writes an easy-read series for reluctant readers which features simple country handyman Cedric O'Toole. 

Feel free to explore these pages for more details and for the latest news on books, events and appearances. Sample some opening chapters. She would love to hear from you if you have comments or questions, so please feel free to contact her.

"Fradkin, a retired psychologist, creates well-drawn, complex characters, and she knows how to build tension and drama that hold readers to the end."

Starred review, Publishers Weekly

"Ottawa-based author Barbara Fradkin is one of today's finest mystery writers. Her Inspector Green mysteries linger long after the story is told."

Hamilton Spectator

"Fradkin's forte is the emotional cost of crime."

Ottawa Citizen