Glenys O'Connell

Glenys O'Connell is a Canadian writer whose journalism experience informs her romantic suspense, comedy, mystery, stage work, and children's fiction. Her early journalism included crime-beat reporting and community-newspaper publishing before she concentrated on books. Resort to Murder, released by Wild Rose Press in 2009, follows falsely disgraced detective Ellie Fitzpatrick as a bribery allegation shadows her efforts to investigate a dangerous case. Liam O'Reilly joins a plot involving a possibly innocent convicted prisoner and organized criminal pressure, giving the resort setting an uneasy contrast between leisure and threat. Her bibliography includes Dark Revenge and the Wedding Bliss stories, showing her movement between suspense and lighter romantic plots. Her creative work extends to plays, and periods working abroad preceded her settlement in rural Ontario. Resort to Murder draws naturally on her reporting background, building tension from concealed motives, damaged professional trust, and the patient work of deciding whose account can be believed.