Posted on 21/10/06
A Blunt instrument
By the Time You Read ThisBy Giles BluntRandom House Canada,308 pages, $32.95It is autumn in fictional Algonquin Bay, and the crisp air and beautiful fall colours generally lift the spirits of those who live there. Not so Catherine Cardinal, wife of Detective John Cardinal. Catherine, who suffers from bipolar disorder and has spent much of the previous three books in Giles Blunt's impressive series in and out of hospital, jumps off the roof of a nine-storey building. In a truly poignant turn of events, John Cardinal, unaware of the victim's identity, is called to the scene to find his wife's shattered body.
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