Gabrieli Mysteries
What are the Gabrieli Mysteries About?
The Gabrieli Mysteries are private investigator mysteries. They are set in Cheakamus, British Columbia, a fictional small town nestled in the midst of the Monashee/Selkirk mountains in the Kootenay area. Gabe Gabrieli is laidback and wry. He’s a former lawyer, now part-time bartender/part-time private investigator. He has a horse named Tornado Callie, an orange cat named Doofus, and an F150 named Three.
The Gabrieli Mysteries are grittier in tone than the Breaking News Mysteries, but do not contain extreme violence or gore, nor are children imperiled or harmed.
The End Game, the first title in the Gabrieli Mysteries, was a finalist for Crime Writers of Canada’s Award of Excellence for Best First Crime Novel.
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The End Game is the first title in the Gabe Gabrieli mystery series. It was nominated for Crime Writers of Canada’s 2024 Award of Excellence for Best Crime First Novel.
Some promises are killers to keep.
Private investigator D.S. Gabrieli can name a hundred places he’d rather visit than Cheakamus, British Columbia. But a promise is a promise. The trip should be a cameo: check in, attend a christening, check out. Two days max. What could go wrong in two days?
When a burned body is discovered at a sabotaged mine site near the small town, and police finger his kid brother as their prime suspect, Gabe realizes he’s not getting out of Cheakamus quickly, or easily. His battle to save his recalcitrant brother’s neck pits Gabe against deceptive locals, a mountain’s secrets, and a cunning killer who ultimately threatens to destroy all Gabe cares about, and pushes him to his breaking point.
What can go wrong in two days? Everything.
What Readers are Saying:
“The End Game is funny, suspenseful and completely absorbing. Gabe is a wonderful character—a little flawed, yes, but with great qualities, especially his sense of humour—as are all the folks in Cheakamus. Heck, even the diner is an interesting character.” M.D.
“Come for the page-turning suspense, but stay for the charming townsfolk of Cheakamus. In the midst of a gripping mystery are quirky, lovable, layered characters who made me want to drive into their small Canadian town and stay. As “Gabe” Gabrieli would say, I’ll file this under “Recommended, highly”!” S.K.
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Trailer Transcript
It should be a relaxing two-day trip.
But when a burned body turns up, Gabe Gabrieli’s kid brother is suspect #1.
To save his brother’s neck, Gabe must
- unravel a mountain’s secrets
- wrench the truth from deceptive locals
- and outwit a cunning killer,
One who pushes Gabe to his limits and threatens to destroy all he holds dear.
The End Game by Charlotte Morganti, the beginning of an addictive new series.
The Karma Murders is the second book in the Gabrieli Mysteries.
A driver falling asleep at the wheel. A truck slipping out of gear. A sailboat boom striking a sailor’s skull.
SOMETIMES, ACCIDENTS ARE ANYTHING BUT
Someone is delivering fatal justice in Cheakamus, B.C. He has anointed himself as Karma’s Helper, delivering justice where it’s long overdue.
Townspeople see these accidents as random acts of fate. But P.I. Gabe Gabrieli believes the truth is more sinister. He recognizes the pattern—a killer’s signature hidden in plain sight—and studies the threads connecting the victims, searching for a common link.
Soon the Helper learns Gabe is on his trail. The hunter, now hunted, adds Gabe’s teenaged brother Jack to his list of targets.
When Gabe identifies the killer, he understands the motive: retribution for a decades-old injustice. But that revelation ignites a terrifying urgency. The killer isn’t finished. Gabe races to find Karma’s Helper before Jack unknowingly walks into an ambush and the unthinkable happens.
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Trailer Transcript
In Cheakamus, British Columbia, people call recent accidents bad luck. Random fate.
Private Investigator Gabe Gabrieli thinks they’re murder. Someone’s playing judge and jury, delivering what he thinks is long overdue justice.
The killer calls himself Karma’s Helper.
But when Gabe starts connecting the dots, the hunter becomes the hunted.
The Helper has a new target: Gabe’s teenage brother, Jack.
Gabe knows who. He know why. What he doesn’t know is if he’ll get there in time.
When karma comes calling, pray you’re not on the list.