"A tale of sex, murder, and political intrigue on Prince Edward Island ... an absorbing tale that has excitement and soul in equal measure." - Publishers Weekly
In 2001, a Canadian police constable murders his girlfriend in a fit of jealous rage. When he realizes what he's done, he manages to construct an elaborate cover-up. Only one person knows the truth.
Now, more than a decade later, Anne Brown is running her late uncle's detective agency after spending several years as his assistant. One day, the postman delivers a long-lost letter addressed to her uncle from a woman named Carolyn Jollimore. She says she has evidence about a murder and begs for help. With her uncle dead, Anne looks up the letter's author-but finds that Jollimore, too, is now dead, and that a old case once thought solved may not be as simple as it seemed ...
This twisting novel of mystery and suspense from a new star in Canadian crime fiction features the private investigator first introduced in The Reluctant Detective.
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A former teacher and PR consultant, Finley Martin is a prolific writer. His poetry and short stories have appeared in Inscape, The Oyster in the Ooze, Voices Down East, and were broadcast over a CBC Radio production, We Are the Wind and More (Maritime Poets 1973). He has given poetry readings in Ottawa, Ontario; Charlottetown, P.E.I.; Sackville, N.B.; and over CBC Charlottetown. He has ghost-written pieces that appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines and has produced documentaries for CBC TV. He has authored two books A View From the Bridge and New Atlantic Writing.
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"A tale of sex, murder, and political intrigue on Prince Edward Island . . . an absorbing tale that has excitement and soul in equal measure." -Publishers Weekly
In 2001, a Canadian police constable murders his girlfriend in a fit of jealous rage. When he realizes what he's done, he manages to construct an elaborate cover-up. Only one person knows the truth.
Now, more than a decade later, Anne Brown is running her late uncle's detective agency after spending several years as his assistant. One day, the postman delivers a long-lost letter addressed to her uncle from a woman named Carolyn Jollimore. She says she has evidence about a murder and begs for help. With her uncle dead, Anne looks up the letter's author-but finds that Jollimore, too, is now dead, and that a old case once thought solved may not be as simple as it seemed . . .
This twisting novel of mystery and suspense from a new star in Canadian crime fiction features the private investigator first introduced in The Reluctant Detective.