About the Author
Born in Toronto, Tim has also lived in Chicago and Northern Indiana. His travels as a consultant have taken him to 25 countries.
He currently lives in Cobourg, Ontario
On an early January morning in 1977, a Toronto police officer vanishes from is patrol car.
Two days later a recently retired Norwegian counterintelligence officer and WWII veteran arrives in the city to join the search for his missing and estranged son.
The first time Anthony Pepper killed his wife was when she was 40 minutes late from her yoga class.
Publish date May 17, 2026
Coming in 2026
THE NEXT BIG THING is a character-driven crime drama set in late-1970s Toronto, where Sergeant Judy Range leads an experimental police unit focused not on major felonies, but on the small, overlooked crimes that quietly shape a city’s future.
Inspired by early intervention theories and driven by the belief that “every headline starts somewhere,” Judy and her unconventional team — including her Parkinson’s-diagnosed psychotherapist brother and her impeccably composed mentor, Inspector Arthur Nash — pursue youth offenders with the intensity of a homicide squad.
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Awesome book, highly recommended!
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