5 South Island second-act sleuths craft mystery anthology

Over coffee and sweets at Oak Bay Marina, Joanna Vander Vlugt, Judee Fong and Debra Henry reminisce over the journey of building Murder on the Menu.The setting is fitting, with their own foodie inflection in each of the tales told in the anthology.It started in lieu of a standard New Year’s resolution. Chemainus writer, illustrator and podcaster Vander Vlugt – who co-edited alongside Winona Kent of New Westminster – embarked on 2025 with a vow to bring her back-of-mind memo to