Book description
Christine Morris is awakened early on a chill November morning by a
phone call from one of her colleagues, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Leo
Forgach. His daughter, Deirdre, is missing. Despite the fact that she
and the doctor have never seen eye to eye, Christine agrees to help
int he search for Deirdre -- only to discover her brutally strangled
body in the lake.
Heartbroken, Leo tells Christine that his daughter was deaf and had
recently given birth to a child she had deliberately ensured would be
deaf. As a militant suporter of the Deaf Culture, Deirdre wanted a
deaf child to make a political statement. Although some people
supported her stand, many did not -- including Deirdre's own father.
Christine must use her new kills as a forensic profiler to discover
the killer.
Maureen Jennings is the author of the Murdoch Mysteries, a
historical series set in Victorian Toronto. The first book, Except
the Dying, won the Certificate of Commendation from Heritage
Toronto. CHUM television has ordered the creation of an exciting new
13-episode series, The Murdoch Mysteries, based on these
novels. The K Handshape is the second in Maureen's new series
featuring Christine Morris. The first, Does Your Mother Know?
(Dundurn, 2006), is currently in its second printing. Maureen lives in
Toronto with her husband and two dogs.
