The delicate storm
Blunt, Giles2004
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Having narrowly survived an RCMP investigation into police corruption, John Cardinal is less than thrilled when the first victim in a murder case is identified as a US citizen and the Mounties are called in. It is the Canadian Secret Service, however, that pose the real problem. Stylish, atmospheric psychological thriller following on from the Silver Dagger Award winner, Forty Words for Sorrow.A gruesome discovery in the wilderness above Algonquin Bay leads detectives John Cardinal and Lisa Delorme to a remote cabin that has served as an abattoir for a cold-blooded killer.But the woods hide other horrors and soon a second body is discovered, naked and shrouded in ice. When one of the victims is identified as an American the Mounties have to be called in, but it's the Canadian Secret Service that arouses the most mistrust. Is their interference due to a suspected terrorist link, or is there something even more sinister behind it?With Northern Ontario in the grip of an ice storm of once-in-a-hundred years severity, the woods take on a glittering, lethal beauty. And in this winter wonderland John Cardinal must hunt down and confront a killer.
Main title:
The delicate storm / Giles Blunt.
Author:
Imprint:
London : HarperCollins, 2004.
Collation:
449 p. ; 18 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2003.
ISBN:
9780007115785 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.54
LC class:
PS3552.L887
Language:
English
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BRN:
3118675