Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder on The Canadian | 1976 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 2 | Vancouver Nightmare | 1978 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 3 | Terror in Winnipeg | 1979 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 4 | The Lost Treasure of Casa Loma | 1979 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 5 | The Ghost of Lunenberg Manor | 1981 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 6 | Disneyland Hostage | 1982 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 7 | The Case of the Golden Boy | 1987 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 8 | The Green Gables Detectives | 1987 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 9 | Code Red at the Supermall | 1988 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 10 | Cold Midnight in Vieux Québec | 1989 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 11 | The Ice Diamond Quest | 1991 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 12 | The St. Andrews Werewolf | 1993 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 13 | The Inuk Mountie Adventure | 1995 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 14 | Vampires of Ottawa | 1996 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 15 | Spirit in the Rainforest | 1996 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 16 | The Kootenay Kidnapper | 1996 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 17 | The Prairie Dog Conspiracy | 1996 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 18 | Escape From Big Muddy | 1998 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 19 | The Emily Carr Mystery | 2000 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 20 | Red River Ransom | 2006 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 21 | The Unmasking of ‘Ksan | 1986 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
| 22 | Summer of Discovery | 1996 | Eric Hamilton Wilson | Buy |
The Tom and Liz Austen Mysteries by Eric Hamilton Wilson follow teenage siblings who stumble into criminal investigations across Canada. The 22-book series started with Murder on The Canadian (1976) and ran through Red River Ransom (2006), with each mystery set in a different Canadian location.
The series was a fixture in Canadian schools and libraries for decades. Wilson used the mystery format to take young readers to places like Lunenberg, Casa Loma, Vieux Quebec, and the Kootenays, making the geography of Canada part of the adventure. The tone is age-appropriate but the plots treat their young audience seriously, with real stakes and genuine suspense.