Jan Field, nominated for Best Crime First Novel

Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast · May 23, 2026 · 16m

Erik D'Souza interviews Jan Field about her novel, Yesterday Lies (published by La Cloche Publishing), which has been nominated for Best Crime First Novel, sponsored by Melodie Campbell. They discuss the novel's 1994 Northern Ontario setting, the unique crime scene involving a body in a tree, and the importance of family in the story. Jan explains her decision to keep the story in the 1990s era and describes her upcoming second book, Silence of the Deep, which is already written and heading to the editor.

Bio

Jan Field grew up in the mining town of Sudbury, Ontario, in a large, close-knit…