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Still Waters
Submitted by dmacdonell on Sun, 2009-10-04 14:59
Still Waters
A Quin and Morgan Mystery
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This psychological mystery introduces David Morgan and Miranda Quin, two maverick and culturally sophisticated Toronto police detectives. When a man is found dead in a garden pond in the wealthy heart of Toronto's Rosedale neighbourhood Morgan is lead into speculations about Japanese ornamental koi fish, and Quin into a chilling sequence of revelations that could destroy her. But the real mystery begins not with the deceased but with a woman who walks onto the crime scene and without emotion declares herself to be the victim's mistress. From that point on everything changes, even the past.
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The novel is at once playfully intellectual and grittily realistic.
Canadian Literature...has all the markings of a most interesting series with a pair of detectives who give the reader so much to like in the book.
Shelf LifeMosses' writing is as lush as the Canadian fall setting and as exotic as the Koi themselves.
Reviewing the EvidenceMoss spins a mystery that sparkles with dynamic setting …
The Hamilton SpectatorMoss skillfully enlarges his story to make it more than a murder mystery: it is a life mystery .... This too is a powerful novel.
The Star PhoenixStill Waters is both an assured debut in the mystery category and offbeat in the charming way only a newbie can be ...
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