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The delicate storm / Giles Blunt.
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- ISBN: 0679310584 (hc)
- Physical Description: 283 p.
- Publisher: Toronto : Random House Canada, c2003.
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| Subject: | Algonquin Provincial Park (Ont.) > Fiction. Mystery fiction |
| Genre: | Detective and mystery stories |
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Acclaimed by peers and critics alike, winner of the British Crime Writersâ Macallan Silver Dagger for Forty Words for Sorrow, Giles Blunt delivers a second thrilling mystery featuring Detective John Cardinal.
When the corpse of an American tourist turns up half-eaten by bears near Algonquin Bay, Detective John Cardinal is put on the case. But what at first appears to be a simple homicide quickly becomes complicated by othersâ deceit. And when an Algonquin Bay resident is found murdered in the same woods, Cardinal realizes that there may be more to this case than he first believed.
With his authority on the investigation constantly challenged, Cardinal finds that he must band together with a former nemesis, Corporal Malcolm Musgrave of the RCMP, to outwit a common enemy. At the same time, working side by side with the beautiful and strong-willed Detective Lise Delorme, Cardinal begins to suspect his feelings for Delorme go beyond the professional.
As tensions escalate in the town, a relentless ice storm slows the hunt and throws Algonquin Bay into darkness. Against orders, and risking life and career, Cardinal digs deeper into the seemingly small-town murder. And when he does, he uncovers a series of lies and conspiracies that go back nearly thirty years and extend to the highest reaches of Canadian intelligence.
Excerpt from The Delicate Storm:
Cardinal sat on the edge of the bed, depressed at his lack of direction. Half the time -- at least in a place the size of Algonquin Bay -- it was the killer himself who called cops to the scene of the crime. Now, here was a genuine mystery and Cardinal didnât have a single lead to point him away from the improbable story about ice fishing. An American citizen had come up to his town and -- if he hadnât been followed -- had managed in a very short time to upset somebody enough to get himself murdered. And whoever it was didnât just kill him, but attempted to wipe out all trace of his identity. Why?
