 Her last two books, "Last Stop Sunnyside" (2006) and "The Corpse Will Keep" (2008) are mysteries featuring a woman detective in Toronto's Parkdale neighborhood, where Capponi lived.She also wrote and published a newsletter, "The Cuckoo's Nest", and hosted a local cable television program, "Cuckoo's Nest Cable".Capponi moved to Toronto at 18, to escape her abusive family home, and had several psychiatric hospitalizations there.