Book excerpt: Cold Midnight in Vieux Quebec follows Tom Austen as he teams up with Dietmar Oban to stop a plot to prevent the end of chemical weapons by the leaders of the world's superpowers in Quebec City. Appealing to children's inherent keen interest in mystery, Eric Wilson has skillfully woven accurate Canadian geographic and historic information into his writing. As such, these novels lend themselves to the integrated study of the mystery genre with Canadian geography topics in social studies, and investigation units in science. Cold Midnight in Vieux Quebec provides rich material for the study of setting, characterization and plot development. This Novel Study provides a teacher and student section with a variety of activities, chapter questions, crossword, and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.