Book description
When zoology professor Cordi OCallaghan reluctantly accepts an
invitation to be a lecturer aboard the Susanna Moodie, a
vessel ferrying tourists through Canadas Arctic, she figures it will
be a breeze. Seasickness aside, Cordi becomes entangled in the deaths
of two of her fellow passengers, both members of a close-knit
fiction-writing group. The fatalities are ruled accidental, but Cordi
suspects they`re anything but. However, she lacks evidence and
credibility, according to Martha Bathgate and Duncan McPherson, her
sometimes reluctant sidekicks who try to keep her grounded.
After Cordi returns to her home in the Ottawa Valley, she hits the
trail and stirs up a hornets nest of lies, intrigue, jealousy, and
greed as she grills potential murderers, one of whom takes offence and
stalks her. Getting marooned on pack ice, a harrowing trip in an
airplane and a hot air balloon, and a mysterious fire all add to the
menace that threatens Cordi as she attempts to nail down a killer.
Suzanne Kingsmill has a B. A. in English literature, a B. Sc. in
biology, and a M. Sc. in zoology. She is the author of numerous
magazine articles and five other books, including Forever Dead,
the first Cordi O'Callaghan book, and non-fiction books, Breaking
up Solvent and The Family Squeeze. She currently lives in Toronto.
