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Fiction Police Procedural

This Thing of Darkness

An Inspector Green Mystery

by (author) Barbara Fradkin

Publisher
Dundurn Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2024
Category
Police Procedural, Jewish, Suspense
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781926607146
    Publish Date
    Sep 2009
    List Price
    $6.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781894917858
    Publish Date
    Sep 2009
    List Price
    $16.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781459703773
    Publish Date
    Sep 2009
    List Price
    $16.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781459753907
    Publish Date
    Sep 2024
    List Price
    $21.99

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Description

After a controversial doctor’s violent death, Inspector Green unearths a long list of potential suspects in this gripping police procedural for fans of Louise Penny and Michael Connelly.

In the seventh book in the award-winning Inspector Green series, an old man is found beaten to death on a street corner in Ottawa’s Byward Market in what initially appears to be a mugging gone wrong. The victim is identified as Dr. Samuel Rosenthal, a retired psychiatrist with a contentious approach to life and treatment. When Green discovers that the doctor recently changed his will, disinheriting his estranged son and benefiting several former patients whom he believed he had failed, the mystery only deepens.

But who is the young mystery woman seen visiting Rosenthal every Saturday night? And more importantly, what does she know about the doctor’s death? Green races to track down the young visitor, but he is unprepared for the final resolution that leaves him grappling with the ultimate meaning of justice.

About the author

Barbara Fradkin was born in Montreal and attended McGill, the University of Toronto and the University of Ottawa, where she obtained her PhD in psychology. Her work as a child psychologist has provided ample inspiration and insight for plotting murders, and she recently left full-time practice in order to be able to devote more time to writing. Barbara has an affinity for the dark side, and her compelling short stories haunt several anthologies and magazines, including Storyteller, Iced (Insomniac Press, 2001), and the Ladies Killing Circle anthologies, including Fit to Die, Bone Dance and When Boomers Go Bad, published by RendezVous Press. Her detective series features the exasperating, infuriating Ottawa Inspector Michael Green, whose love of the hunt often interferes with family, friends and police protocol. The series includes Do or Die (2000), Once Upon a Time (2002), Mist Walker (2003), and Fifth Son (Fall 2004). Once Upon a Time was nominated for Best Novel at the Arthur Ellis Awards, Canada’s top crime writing awards, and her latest title, Fifth Son won this prestigious award in 2005. The fifth in the series, Honour Among Men, (2006), repeated the honour, the only time that consecutive novels by the same author have won the award. The sixth and seventh novels, Dream Chasers and This Thing of Darkness, followed in 2007 and 2009.

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Editorial Reviews

This is more than a traditional mystery, it's insightful writing that stirs up questions and emotional responses — and the satisfaction of a good book.

Hamilton Spectator

A fine tale, perhaps Fradkin's best yet, and characteristically raising profound social issues.

The Sherbrooke Record

For those who like a solid classic mystery with added character, Inspector Green is perfect.

Globe and Mail

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