Detective Moral\u00c3\u00a8s takes on a chilling case set on the icy seas of Quebec’s remote Magdalen Islands, in the midst of a brutal seal hunt. A breathtaking, atmospheric, race-against-the-clock thriller? <\/b><\/p>\n
**Number One bestseller in Canada**<\/p>\n
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Fisheries officer Simone Lord is transferred to Quebec’s remote Magdalen Islands for the winter, and at the last minute ordered to go aboard a trawler braving a winter storm for the traditional grey seal hunt, while all of the other boats shelter onshore.<\/p>\n
Detective Sergeant Joaquin Moral\u00c3\u00a8s is on a cross-country boat trip down the St Lawrence River, accompanied by Nadine Lauzon, a forensic psychologist working on the case of a savagely beaten teenager with Moral\u00c3\u00a8s’ old team in Montreal.<\/p>\n
When it becomes clear that Simone is in grave danger aboard the trawler, the two cases converge, with startling, terrifying consequences for everyone involved?<\/p>\n
The award-winning author of The Coral Bride<\/i> returns with an atmospheric, race-against-the-clock thriller set on the icy seas in the midst of a brutal seal hunt, where nothing is as it seems and absolutely no one can be trusted.<\/p>\n
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**WINNER of the Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best French Crime Novel**
**Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger**<\/p>\n
Praise for Roxanne Bouchard:<\/b><\/p>\n
‘A riveting story of old enmities, jealousies and friendships that come to light after a woman goes missing in a remote fishing village beautifully atmospheric’\u00c2\u00a0Gill Paul<\/b><\/p>\n
‘A haunting murder mystery about how human nature is every bit as dangerous and inscrutable as the sea draws out its suspense to the very last moment’\u00c2\u00a0Foreword Reviews<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘A police procedural like no other – marvel at the clever plotting’\u00c2\u00a0Crime Fiction Lover<\/b><\/p>\n
‘An absolute joy to read, with as much tension as there is poetry’\u00c2\u00a0Le Journal de Montr\u00c3\u00a9al\u00c2\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘With a cast of characters you’ll engage with and love and a mystery that will have you on edge, Bouchard pulls you into her world wonderful’\u00c2\u00a0Michael J. Malone<\/b><\/p>\n
‘Roxanne Bouchard is reinventing the crime novel’\u00c2\u00a0Quebec TV<\/b><\/p>\n
‘Lyrical and elegiac, full of quirks and twists’\u00c2\u00a0William Ryan<\/b><\/p>\n
‘Asks questions right from page one’\u00c2\u00a0Quentin Bates<\/b><\/p>\n
‘An isolated Canadian fishing community, a missing mother, and some lovely prose’\u00c2\u00a0Eva Dolan<\/b><\/p>\n
‘A tour de force of both writing and translation’\u00c2\u00a0Su Bristow<\/b><\/p>\n
‘The translation from French has retained a dreamily poetic cast to the language, but it’s det-fic for all that’\u00c2\u00a0Sunday Times<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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