Kristina Stanley was the director of human resources and security at a ski resort in the Purcell Mountains for six years, giving rise to her Stone Mountain Mystery series which takes place in an isolated ski resort in B.C.

Descent (Imajin Books, 2015) involves the high-profile murder investigation of an up-and-coming Olympic-calibre skier. A raging wildfire, a friend in labour and a fiance with his life in the balance fuels the following novel, Blaze (Imajin Books, 2015).

Stanley lived in Panorama, B.C. from 2004 to 2009, and returned there in 2014.

BOOKS

Descent (Imajin Books, 2015) $21.53, 978-1772230956
Blaze (Imajin Books, 2015) $21.45, 978-1772231014

[BCBW 2016]