Book description
In the third Camilla MacPhee Mystery, Camilla's looking forward to
cutting loose at Ottawa's Bluesfest, the huge open-air extravaganza, and
to seeing the tail end of her annoying office assistant, Alvin, who is
finally quitting. Then the news comes from the East Coast. Alvin's
younger brother Jimmy has vanished from the midst of a Canada Day crowd
in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Is he dead? Has he been abducted? Sleuthing
irritably about Sydney on Alvin's behalf, Camilla manages to make the
usual quota of people froth at the mouth, including Jimmy's frantic
family, forlorn friends and puzzled teachers. She doesn't spare the
parish priest or even the guy at the chip stand. Before Camilla knows
it, all roads lead back to Ottawa, where a killer with everything to
lose waits to create havoc among the tents, guitar-pickers and happy,
swaying crowds. If Camilla doesn't sort out this whole mess, how many
other people are going to die? Mary Jane Maffini is a lapsed librarian
and a mystery addict. She is the author of six Camilla MacPhee
mysteries, two Fiona Silk adventures, five Charlotte Adams books, and
nearly two dozen short stories. She holds two Arthur Ellis Awards for
best mystery short story, as well as the Derrick Murdoch lifetime
achievement award. Speak Ill of the Dead was shortlisted for an Arthur
Ellis Award for best first novel and Lament for a Lounge Lizard for best
novel. Mary Jane lives and plots in Ottawa.
