A Chill Rain in January - Softcover

Wright, L. R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140129820 ISBN 13: 9780140129823

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1991

Synopsis

In a small village on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, Zoe Strachan has carefully tucked away a secret past and is living a secluded, private, and happy life. But when her brother arrives on the scene with incriminating childhood diaries--and a blackmail demand--Zoe's fate falls into the hands of Royal Mounted Police Staff Sergeant Karl Allberg, who must use all his wits to unravel the mystery.

About this title

From Library Journal

A small town on the Pacific coast of British Columbia provides the evocative backdrop for this work of striking clarity and forcefulness. After Zoe Strachan's ne'er-do-well, blackmailing brother "tumbles" down her basement steps to his death, she searches his house unsuccessfully for incriminating notebooks, and shelters his previously unknown adopted son. Zoe--aloof, beautiful, and truly bizarre--challenges all the resources of Mountie Karl Alberg, who only half-believes her story. Apparently effortless but finely crafted prose supports the narrowly focused plot, wonderful characters, and gorgeous descriptions.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly

RCMP Sgt. Karl Alberg and other residents of Sechelt, British Columbia, introduced in The Suspect encounter Zoe Strahan, a beautiful, aloof killer who has most recently dispatched her blackmail-minded brother and is planning an attack on both her nephew and an elderly woman. PW called this "rich in humorous and poignant aspects as well as fierce suspense."
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0140129820
• ISBN 13: 9780140129823
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 288