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Joyce Slobogian started writing for publication after retiring from her career in clerical work. Since 1994, her writing - humour columns, profiles and short stories - have been published in Canadian newspapers and some magazines in Canada, UK, Australia and South Africa. A member of the Manitoba Writers’ Guild (MWG) and of the Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC), she has lately started writing a series of mystery novels. The first of those, To Die For, was published in 2008. Her second one, Sleeping Crimes, was published in 2012.
Born Giusepa Pelican in Vrin, Switzerland, she married a Canadian, with whom she raised three children on a farm in St. Martin, MB. After the death of her husband, she now lives in Brandon with her feline companion, Ellie.
Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite
Sleeping Crimes, A Connie Anderson/Alan Bowering Mystery, is written by Joyce Slobogian. Connie Anderson is the co-owner of a mystery-themed bookstore in Brandon, a small Canadian town where she attended university ten years before that. For the last two years, she's been happily involved with police officer Alan Bowering in a close relationship that has not suffered from her occasional interest in sleuthing. Connie's perturbed to hear that a person from her past, Eric Delaney, is coming home to Brandon. Eric was Connie's beau until he left town without a word, leaving her heartbroken and pregnant. He went on to become a noted author of books that expose the secrets of the rich and famous. Eric has indicated to the press that he'll be stirring up some old and buried secrets in Brandon when he returns there for an honorary degree. When he's found murdered in his hotel room, Connie is already involved in this new mystery -- first as a suspect and then as a sleuth.
Joyce Slobogian's mystery is an enjoyable blend of police procedural and private investigation. Connie and her boyfriend are well-developed characters who keep the reader in on the action as they sift through clues and red herrings in search of the killer. The small town atmosphere, where everyone just about knows everyone else, is a treat. After reading a few chapters, you begin to feel that you know Brandon and its inhabitants well and become even more involved in the story. Sleeping Crimes is cozy and intelligent and is well worth reading.
