Book 1

The Calling

by Inger Ash Wolfe

Published 1 April 2008

‘That rare unplug-the-phone, skip-all-meals, ignore-your-bedtime thriller.’ GILLIAN FLYNN

Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef is making her way towards retirement after keeping the peace in the sleepy town of Port Dundas for many years. But when a local woman is found murdered – her mouth gruesomely shaped into a silent cry – Hazel and her department are faced with their biggest case yet.

They soon discover that this is not the first time a body has been found in this way, and it is unlikely to be the last.

The Calling is now a major film starring Susan Sarandon, Topher Grace and Donald Sutherland.

‘A stunning serial killer chiller – dark, surprising and utterly compelling’ MO HAYDER


Book 2

The Taken

by Inger Ash Wolfe

Published 1 January 2010

'NIGHTMARE': WHEN FACT AND FICTION COLLIDE

Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef is recovering from a bad year, and a traumatic back operation that has left her in the care of her ex husband and his new wife.

But Hazel is lured back to work when a body is pulled from a nearby lake: a discovery that eerily mirrors a disturbing story printed in the local newspaper.

The author of the tale can't be found, and when gruesome, taunting clues begin to arrive Hazel realises she's dealing with a master manipulator, a crazed soul who knows her every move . . .


Book 3

A Door in the River

by Inger Ash Wolfe

Published 1 July 2012
Now in a new trade paperback format, the third hard-edged, suspenseful book in the Hazel Micallef mystery series, written pseudonymously by acclaimed fiction writer Michael Redhill, that will appeal to readers of Ruth Rendell, Giles Blunt, and Louise Penny.

When Henry Weist, Port Dundas Ontario's likeable hardware store owner, is found dead in the parking lot of a cigarette shop on a local First Nation reserve, apparently of a bee sting, and with more deaths to follow, Hazel Micallef finds herself involved in one of the most sensational and shocking cases of her career. And one that literally goes underground to get to the bottom of what turns out to be a vengeful, murderous rampage that may have ties to the sex trade. In Hazel Micallef, Wolfe has created one of the more intriguing and no-nonsense protagonists in crime fiction. Brilliantly plotted and psychologically complex, and spellbinding, A Door in the River is the strongest, most haunting Hazel Micallef mystery yet.

Book 4

The Night Bell

by Inger Ash Wolfe

Published 1 August 2016
The Night Bell moves between the past and the present in Port Dundas, Ontario, as two mysteries converge. A discovery of the bones of murdered children is made on land that was once a county foster home. Now it's being developed as a brand new subdivision whose first residents are already railing against broken promises and corruption. But when three of these residents are murdered after the discovery of the children's bones, frustration turns to terror. While trying to stem the panic and solve two crimes at once, Hazel Micallef finds her memory stirred back to the fall of 1959, when the disappearance of a girl from town was blamed on her adopted brother. Although he is long dead, she begins to see the present case as a chance to clear her brother's name, something that drives Hazel beyond her own considerable limits and right into the sights of an angry killer."