Amanda Doucette #04: The Ancient Dead

Amanda Doucette #04: The Ancient Dead
Barbara Fradkin
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Trade Paperback
h216 x 140mm - 344pg
11 Mar 2021 CAN
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9781459743816
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Amanda Doucette searches desperately for the connection between bones discovered in a remote Alberta coulee and an uncle who went missing thirty years ago. Photographer Todd Ellison is engrossed in a photo shoot deep in Alberta' s dinosaur country when he stumbles upon human bones buried in the sand of a remote coulee. Not far away, while driving through the Alberta prairie, Amanda Doucette glimpses an abandoned farmhouse that reminds her of an old photograph hanging on her aunt' s wall. Who is the cocky young cowboy in the photo? Could it be connected to Amanda' s uncle, who went missing in Alberta thirty years ago? As Amanda starts to make connections between his disappearance and the body in the coulee, she discovers more questions than answers. To make matters worse, a mysterious person will stop at nothing to get her to abandon the investigation.

Amanda Doucette #01: Fire in the Stars
Amanda Doucette #02: Trickster's Lullaby, The
Amanda Doucette #03: Prisoners of Hope
#04: Ancient Dead, The

The author, a retired psychologist, does a fine job of building her characters; unlike some amateur-sleuth mysteries, whose protagonists seem either too clever or too cute by half, Fradkin populates her series with real people whose lives encompass more than solving the odd crime. Keep ' em coming. * Booklist, for Prisoners of Hope * Fradkin' s forte is the emotional cost of crime. * Ottawa Citizen * Readers of Tana French and Deborah Crombie may want to investigate. * Library Journal, for Fire in the Stars * ? A high-adrenaline plunge * Publishers Weekly, starred review for The Trickster' s Lullaby * ? Fradkin, a retired psychologist, creates well-drawn, complex characters, and she knows how to build tension and drama that hold readers to the end. * Publishers Weekly, starred review for Fire in the Stars * The eloquently described landscape is a visceral part of the plot. Fans of regional mysteries will find much to like. * Publishers Weekly * This crime novel is a good fit for both mystery readers and anyone trying to navigate the tricky questions of love and relationships in our highly mobile modern society. * Bookish *
Barbara Fradkin is a retired psychologist who is fascinated with why people turn bad. She has written numerous short stories and novellas as well as the critically acclaimed Inspector Green novels. Two of these, Fifth Son and Honour Among Men, have won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. She lives in Ottawa.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781459743816
Published: 11 Mar 2021
Published In: Canada
Imprint: Dundurn Group
Publisher: Dundurn Group
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 333g
Pages: 344

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