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Where the Ice Falls: The Falls Mysteries

J. E. Barnard

Lacey McCrae tracks down a killer in the frozen hills of rural Alberta.

When Zoe and her teenage daughter discover an ice-covered corpse at her boss's mountain chalet, ex-Mountie Lacey McCrae trades her Christmas shopping for Victim Services duty. The dead man is Eric, an intern at the Calgary oil company where Zoe works. Reported missing after a blizzard a month earlier, he was presumed dead by misadventure. But his missing car and other inconsistencies point to a suspicious death.

When someone close to Lacey goes missing in similar circumstances, she fears the two cases may be connected. With help from old RCMP colleagues and tips that Zoe swears came from a ghost, Lacey tracks a ruthless killer through the merciless winter wilderness.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Dundurn Press
  • Publish Date: Sep 3rd, 2019
  • Pages: 416
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.90in - 5.20in - 1.10in - 0.70lb
  • EAN: 9781459741447
  • Categories: Mystery & Detective - Women SleuthsMystery & Detective - Amateur SleuthSmall Town & Rural

About the Author

Barnard, J. E.: -

J.E. Barnard's first book in the Falls Mysteries series, When the Flood Falls, won the CWC Award for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel in 2016. Her novella Maddie Hatter and the Gilded Gauge was an Alberta Book of the Year and a 2018 Prix Aurora finalist. She lives in Calgary.

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Praise for this book

This holiday punch of a story is laced with toxic exes, jealous siblings, dangerous accountants, and even a Christmas ghost bent on revenge. Where the Ice Falls is a haunting tale that probes the mysteries of life and death even while it entertains.-- "Elle Wild, author of Strange Things Done"
coolly calculated murder with ... friends who pull together in the face of tragedy, illness, or ... a steaming hot cup of tea.-- "SheKillLit"
Intense and intriguing, Where the Ice Falls is a vividly spun tale of ghosts, grief, and greed.-- "R.M. Greenaway, author of the BC Blues Crime Series"