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Informationen zum Autor Having taken early retirement from her job as a systems analyst in the high-pressure financial world, Vicki Delany is settling down to the rural life in bucolic Prince Edward County, Ontario, where she rarely wears a watch. Unreasonable Doubt is the eighth mystery in her Constable Molly Smith series. Vicki Delany won the 2019 Derrick Murdoch Award for contributions to the crime genre. Klappentext Trouble is brewing in the small! bucolic mountain town of Trafalgar! British Columbia. An American who came to Trafalgar as a Vietnam War draft dodger has left land and money to the town. But there's a catch. The money must be used to build a garden to honor draft dodgers. This bequest has torn the close-knit! peaceful town apart. Then the body of a leading garden opponent is found in an alley! dead from a single blow to the head. Constable Molly Smith is assigned to assist veteran Detective Sergeant John Winters in the investigation. But Winters doesn't want the help of the enthusiastic rookie and suspects that he's been assigned Smith for political reasons: her mother! a life-long activist! is the leader of the group arguing for the park. Egged on by a muck-raking TV personality! outside agitators from both sides are soon streaming into Trafalgar. In the meantime! Smith and Winters search through small-town secrets for a killer. Vicki Delany's first love is the Canadian wilderness where she lives and where her novels are set. In the Shadow of the Glacier is the first novel in a new series featuring Constable Molly Smith. Ms. Delany is also the author of two standalone novels: Burden of Memory and Scare the Light Away. www.vickidelany.com Zusammenfassung 2019 recipient of the Derrick Murdoch award from the Crime Writers of Canada Trouble is brewing in the small, bucolic mountain town of Trafalgar, British Columbia. An American who came to Trafalgar as a Vietnam War draft dodger has left land and money to the town. But there's a catch. The money must be used to build a garden to honor draft dodgers. This bequest has torn the close-knit, peaceful town apart. Then the body of a leading garden opponent is found in an alley, dead from a single blow to the head. Constable Molly Smith is assigned to assist veteran Detective Sergeant John Winters in the investigation. But Winters doesn't want the help of the enthusiastic rookie and suspects that he's been assigned Smith for political reasons: her mother, a life-long activist, is the leader of the group arguing for the park. Egged on by a muck-raking TV personality, outside agitators from both sides are soon streaming into Trafalgar. In the meantime, Smith and Winters search through small-town secrets for a killer. ...
