"One of the best novels of the year]. . . Giles Blunt has a tremendous talent." --Tony Hillerman "Forceful . . . surprising . . . Blunt's] insights into suffering and madness give his characters their true voice." --The New York Times In the quiet Canadian town of Algonquin Bay, a frozen body has been found in an abandoned mine shaft. She is quickly identified as Katie Pine, a teenager who had disappeared months ago. At the time, Detective John Cardinal insisted that Katie was no ordinary runaway. His relentless pursuit and refusal to give up on the case got...
"One of the best novels of the year]. . . Giles Blunt has a tremendous talent." --Tony Hillerman "Forceful . . . surprising . . . Blu...
Stylish, atmospheric psychological police thriller featuring detectives Cardinal and Delorme It's January. A freak warm front, rolling north all the way from Texas, slips across the Great Lakes and covers Ontario. In a matter of hours, the entire population of Algonquin Bay has emerged to stroll the streets in spring jackets. But the warm front brings with it a dense blanket of fog -- and a sudden increase in the murder rate. It looks like the first victim has been raped and strangled by an obsessed former boyfriend. The only trouble is he's also an officer of the RCMP. The second body -- or...
Stylish, atmospheric psychological police thriller featuring detectives Cardinal and Delorme It's January. A freak warm front, rolling north all the w...
When four teenagers go missing, the extensive police investigation comes up empty. Everyone is ready to give up except - Detective John Cardinal. Then the mutilated body of 13-year-old Katie Pine is pulled out of an abandoned mineshaft. And only Cardinal is willing to consider the horrible truth.
When four teenagers go missing, the extensive police investigation comes up empty. Everyone is ready to give up except - Detective John Cardinal. Then...
Only someone dumb or high would go out unprotected during Algonquin Bay's black fly season. But when a beautiful young woman covered in bites stumbles into a tavern, the local cops discover she is neither. The woman has a bullet in her brain--and no memory of how it happened or who she is. Homicide detectives John Cardinal and Lise Delorme know someone left her for dead. And if word gets out that she isn't, someone will try again.
Only someone dumb or high would go out unprotected during Algonquin Bay's black fly season. But when a beautiful young woman covered in bites stumbles...