Bøger af Dean Forêt

After an extremely close call in her second provincial election, Regina Colwell MLA finds herself at Squatters' Ridgeon the rural edge of her district investigating the tragic deaths of a constituent and a dear friend. There, on a dangerous stretch of highway, she encounters a marginal community of Indigenous squatters. She's just trying to help, so why are they shooting at her and trying to run her over in a truck? And why is the minister of highways so sensitive when she asks about the Ridge during question period? Regina is stumped, but keeps going back to the rain-soaked Ridge to find some answers. The young legislator's aggressive investigation ultimately leads to the resignation of a cabinet minister and the surprising discovery of a ruthless killer.

Lefty legislator Regina Colwell MLA is summoned to a shabby hotel where a young man has drowned in a bathtub. She says she does not know the boy - so why is her name and phone number inked on his hand, the police ask? Wanting answers, Regina checks into the hotel where young Norman Water died to investigate but encounters resistance at every turn from the hotel staff, including Digger Greenwood, the manager, a myopic accountant; and Queenie, his assistant, who warns Regina away with thinly veiled threats of violence. As Regina interviews the staff, she finds that everybody had a grudge against Norman and were all victim to one of his practical jokes. Regina realizes that Norman's pranks were offshoots of his unique sense of social justice. The hotel is a small world and the grievances are petty but the teenager's death was no accident. Eventually, Regina uncovers the real crime behind all the pettiness - a giant political scandal.

Regina Colwell, a young provincial legislator, receives a summons from the city coroner to a shabby hotel where a teenage constituent, Norman Water, has been found dead in his bathtub. Regina does not know the boy but, for some reason. he had inked her name and phone number on his hand. On the walls of the bathroom were long columns of washed-out numbers, like hieroglyphics. Regina checks into the hotel to investigate this death that the police deem unsuspicious. But the young politician encounters resistance at every turn from the hotel staff. Digger Greenwood, the manager, a myopic accountant, doesn't want her to stay. Queenie, the assistant manager, warns her away from the hotel with thinly veiled threats. As Regina interviews employees about the dead boy, she finds that everybody had a grudge against Norman. Yet Regina struggles to figure out how or why he died.