Ghosts in the Ground: A quick-read police procedural set in picturesque Canada

Book 17: Parks Pat Mysteries (Police Procedural)

by P.D. Workman

Genres: Mystery

Synopsis

The land remembers what people try to forget.

When a corporate executive is found dead inside a groundwater pump house at Beaver Dam Flats, Detective Margie Patenaude expects a difficult case. She does not expect a case tied to one of Calgary's most disputed landscapes.

With Detective Gagnon at her side, Margie follows a trail of fractured testimony, old documents, and unresolved community history. Every lead points backward. Every answer opens a deeper question.

In a place where entire streets vanished and trust never fully returned, this homicide is about more than one death.

For readers who love:

• Atmospheric procedurals with social depth
• Crime fiction with environmental and community stakes
• Lean, gripping mysteries with high emotional impact

If you like smart investigations, morally complex tension, and mysteries rooted in real-world consequences, preorder Ghosts in the Ground now.

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Release date: October 16, 2026

Publisher: pd workman