Cathy Ace

Sub-genre: Amateur detective, Cosy crime, female detective, female sleuth, humorous crime, international, mystery, Private Investigator, psychological, suspense

Cathy Ace writes The Cait Morgan Mysteries (TouchWood Editions and Four Tails Publishing Ltd.) and The WISE Enquiries Agency Mysteries (Severn House Publishers). It was announced in May 2020 that The Cait Morgan Mysteries have been optioned for TV by Free@Last TV, the UK-based production company which makes the international hit Agatha Raisin series for ACORN TV. Born, raised, and educated in Wales, Cathy enjoyed a successful career in marketing and training across Europe before migrating to Vancouver, Canada. Her eclectic tastes in art, music, food, and drink have been developed during her decades of extensive travels, which she continues – whenever possible. She won the Bony Blithe Award for Best Canadian Light Mystery in 2015 (for Cait Morgan Mystery No. 4: The Corpse with the Platinum Hair) and was shortlisted in the Best Short Story category for an Arthur Ellis Award in 2017 as well as being shortlisted for the Bony Blithe Award in both 2017 and 2018. In 2019 her standalone novel of psychological suspense set in Wales, The Wrong Boy, became a No.1 amazon bestseller, won the IPPY bronze medal (for e-books, regional fiction) and was a finalist in the Suspense & Thriller category of the International Book Awards. A full-time author, Cathy and her husband are keen gardeners. Cathy was Chair of Crime Writers of Canada from 2016-2018.

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2015 Winner of the Bony Blithe Award for Best Canadian Light Mystery for Cait Morgan Mystery No. 4, The Corpse with the Platinum Hair

2017 Shortlisted for Arthur Ellis Award for Best Short Story for Steve’s Story in The Whole She-Bang 3 (Sisters in Crime); shortlisted for Bony Blithe Award for Best Canadian Light Mystery for Cait Morgan Mystery No. 7, The Corpse with the Garnet Face

2018 Shortlisted for the Bony Blithe Award for Best Canadian Light Mystery for The WISE Enquiries Agency Mystery No. 4, The Case of the Unsuitable Suitor

2019 Winner IPPY Bronze Medal (e-book, regional fiction); Finalist in Suspense & Thriller category, International Book Awards for The Wrong Boy.

Books by Cathy Ace

• The Corpse with the Silver Tongue

  

• The Corpse with the Golden Nose

  

• The Corpse with the Emerald Thumb

  

• The Corpse with the Platinum Hair

  

• The Corpse with the Sapphire Eyes

  

• The Case of the Dotty Dowager

  

• The Corpse with the Diamond Hand

  

• The Case of the Missing Morris Dancer

  

• The Corpse with the Garnet Face

  

• The Corpse with the Ruby Lips

  

• The Case of the Curious Cook

  

• The Case of the Unsuitable Suitor

  

• Murder Keeps No Calendar

  

• Murder Knows No Season

  

• The Wrong Boy

  

• The Corpse with the Crystal Skull

  

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