Forty Words for Sorrow - Hardcover

Blunt, Giles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399147527 ISBN 13: 9780399147524

Publisher: Putnam Pub Group, 2001

Synopsis

The discovery of the body of a supposed thirteen-year-old runaway and the disappearance of another youngster in the rural town of Algonquin Bay force local cops John Cardinal and his new partner, Lisa Delorme, into desperate search for a possible serial killer. By the author of Cold Eye. 25,000 first printing.

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Review:

‘Intensely vivid characters, terrible crimes and a brutal deep-frozen landscape all prove beyond a reasonable doubt that cold nurtures good and evil as readily as heat...and that Giles Blunt is a really tremendous crime novelist’ Lee Child

‘One of the finest crime novels I’ve ever read. Giles Blunt writes with uncommon grace, style and compassion and he plots like a demon. This book has it all – unforgettable characters, beautiful language, throat-constricting suspense’ Jonathan Kellerman

‘A taut and enthralling tale that is as dark as the Canadian winter setting is cold. Humane, intelligent and gripping, Forty Words for Sorrow is a haunting journey into the human heart in all its complexities’ Val McDermid

‘A fine debut that deserves to do well, and promises much from a talented new author’ Jim Driver, Time Out

‘A superior Canadian police procedural with an evocative sense of place: the frozen lakes and forests are as integral to the plot as the flawed detective ... an impressive achievement’ Maxim Jakubowski, Guardian

From the Publisher:

Winner of the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger Award 2001

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0399147527
• ISBN 13: 9780399147524
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 344