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The Lotus Detective Series

The Riel Brava Mystery Series

BOOK ONE

Canadian Series by BWL Publishing Inc.

HISTORICAL
MYSTERY

Hung Out To Die (Riel Brava Mystery Book 1)

Published by BWL Publishing Inc. February 21, 2023

BOOK ONE

BOOK TWO

Bind (Lotus Detective Series Book 1)

Published by BWL Publishing Inc. Feb.10 2025

Three yogis, two cops, and one darn cute dog team up to discover who’s stolen a very expensive watch from what's supposed to be a secure gym locker. Everything that happens in a yoga studio is not Zen. Sometimes it’s grand larceny.

Melt (Lotus Detective Series Book 2)

Published by BWL Publishing Inc. July 27 2025

Three yogis with a penchant for solving crime are asked to help a seventeen-year-old boy who is facing life in prison for a crime he did not commit. They each use their unique skills and connections to navigate an unfamiliar world. It requires more than a downward dog.

Riel Brava, raised in California, has been transplanted to Nova Scotia where he is CEO of the Canadian Cannabis Corporation. It’s business as usual until Riel finds his world hanging by a thread. Several threads actually. It doesn’t take the police long to determine all is not as it appears.

Conflagration! (Trial of Marie-Joseph Angélique)

Published by BWL Publishing Inc. November 29 2023

A historical mystery based on the true story of Marie-Joseph Angélique — an enslaved Black woman accused of deliberately starting a fire that destroyed much of Montreal’s merchant quarters in 1734. Less than 24 hours after the flames finally died, she was sitting in a prison cell.