Dead Water Creek: A Morgan O'Brien Mystery (Morgan O'Brien Mysteries): 1 - Softcover

Brett, Alex

3.8

20 ratings by Goodreads

9781550024524: Dead Water Creek: A Morgan O'Brien Mystery (Morgan O'Brien Mysteries): 1

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1550024523 ISBN 13: 9781550024524

Publisher: Dundurn, 2003

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It seems like a plum assignment to Morgan O’Brien. A government investigator specializing in science fraud, O’Brien snatches the opportunity to travel to her former home in Vancouver for what appears to be a simple case: the investigation of a fisheries researcher suspected of siphoning funds for his own use.

But once in Vancouver things get complicated, and it becomes clear that more than money is involved. O’Brien uncovers a ruthless offshore fishing conglomerate with a plan to gain unrestricted access to one of the world’s most lucrative fisheries: the Fraser River sockeye. But who is the linchpin?

As the investigation heats up, Morgan is distracted by ghosts from the past that force her to question a powerful friendship and confront her own ambiguous sexuality.

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Review:

Morgan O'Brien is a definite find, tough but tender and smart as a whip. (The Star Phoenix (Saskatoon, SK))

Alex Brett loves her salmon; mystery fans will love her book." (Ottawa Citizen)

An excellent debut novel in what, I hope, will become a series. (Globe and Mail)

compelling, well written, and instructive entertainmentlooks like a winner. (London Free Press)

a good, solid mystery. (New Brunswick Reader)

Synopsis:

There is only one thing that Morgan O'Brien, an investigator specialising in research fraud, hates more than a dishonest scientist, and that's her boss, Bob. So when a junior professor accuses a high-profile fisheries researcher of siphoning off funds for his own use, Morgan nabs the case. It has everything she could want: big money, big science, and big politics. Best of all, it means a trip to scenic Vancouver, and a week away from Bob. But once in Vancouver, Morgan is forced to confront some uncomfortable truths about friendship, betrayal, and her unresolved past. As the investigation takes her from high-tech labs to a remote salmon creek, she also begins to see that there is much more than just money at stake.

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