{"product_id":"cold-mourning-9781459752580","title":"Cold Mourning","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen murder stalks a family over Christmas, Detective Kala Stonechild trusts her intuition to get results.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSneaks up on you with its grit and promise.  \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It's a week before Christmas when wealthy businessman Tom Underwood disappears into thin air  with more than enough people wanting him dead. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Officer Kala Stonechild, who has left her Northern Ontario detachment to join a specialized Ottawa crime unit, is tasked with returning Underwood home in time for the holidays. Stonechild is a lone wolf who is used to surviving by her wits. Her new boss, Detective Jacques Rouleau, has his hands full controlling her, his team, and an investigation that keeps threatening to go off track. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Old betrayals and complicated family relationships brutally collide when love turns to hate and murder stalks a family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinalist for the Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat makes this mystery most interesting are the tightly knit details. Chapman never tips her hand as she presents readers with a wide-open field of suspects. For the majority of the novel, the list of potential culprits is lengthy, and the author skillfully deploys twists and decoys to misdirect us, while also dropping tiny clues to help make the final reveal seem perfectly logical. * Quill \u0026amp; Quire *\u003cbr\u003eDeeply atmospheric and tightly plotted, \u003ci\u003eCold Mourning\u003c\/i\u003e is Chapman's sharpest mystery yet. In Kala Stonechild we meet a damaged, complex and courageous heroine determined to leave her complicated past behind. … Spare, haunting and unflinching, \u003ci\u003eCold Mourning\u003c\/i\u003e will make you shiver long after you've put it down. A gripping read from the first line of the first page.\u003cbr\u003e * C.B. Forrest, author of the Charlie McKelvey mystery series *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCold Mourning\u003c\/i\u003e maintains its low-key feel just long enough to sneak up on you with its grit and promise. * National Post *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCold Mourning\u003c\/i\u003e marks the promising beginning of a new series of stories built around complex, yet engaging, characters. * Ottawa Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's unusual about \u003cem\u003eCold Mourning\u003c\/em\u003e is the multiple viewpoints which at times allow the reader to have more information than Stonechild. Chapman handles this style smoothly and it's very effective in moving the story along. She is a skilled writer with nine books already under her belt. \u003c\/p\u003e * Mysterymaven.ca *\u003cbr\u003eBrenda Chapman has written an interesting and intriguing story in Cold Mourning that keeps the reader guessing throughout. * Bittenbybooks.com *","brand":"Dundurn Group Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885724512599,"sku":"9781459752580","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781459752580.jpg?v=1722537471","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cold-mourning-9781459752580","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}