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When the scalped remains of a Jane Doe are discovered within the rubble of a demolished house, Detective Jake Fry is assigned the task of hunting down Calgary''s most disturbed murderer. Working against a rising body count and police department politics, Fry must relentlessly pursue a murderer with an agenda no one but he can comprehend.

During Calgary''s first economic boom, people flocked from all corners of the country to the city rumoured to have streets paved in gold. Explore the dark side of this boom in A Magpie''s Smile, a tautly chronological police thriller and cinematic portrait of the frenetic Calgary of the 1970s.

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    A Paperback / softback by Eugene Meese

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      Publisher: NeWest Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 17/07/2009
      ISBN13: 9781897126424, 978-1897126424
      ISBN10: 1897126425

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      When the scalped remains of a Jane Doe are discovered within the rubble of a demolished house, Detective Jake Fry is assigned the task of hunting down Calgary''s most disturbed murderer. Working against a rising body count and police department politics, Fry must relentlessly pursue a murderer with an agenda no one but he can comprehend.

      During Calgary''s first economic boom, people flocked from all corners of the country to the city rumoured to have streets paved in gold. Explore the dark side of this boom in A Magpie''s Smile, a tautly chronological police thriller and cinematic portrait of the frenetic Calgary of the 1970s.

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