Blood and Belonging - (Ray Robertson Mystery) by Vicki Delany (Paperback)

About the Book

In this work of crime fiction, RCMP Sergeant Ray Robertson is on holidays in Turks and Caicos when he discovers the body of a man on the beach.

Book Synopsis

This timely story is the third in the Sergeant Ray Robertson series.

RCMP Sergeant Ray Robertson is in the Turks and Caicos Islands, enjoying two weeks of leave from his job training police in Haiti with the UN. On an early-morning jog along famed Grace Bay Beach he discovers a dead man in the surf. Ray is shocked to recognize the body as that of one of his Haitian police recruits. To his wife's increasing dismay, Ray is compelled to follow the dead man's trail and finds himself plunged into the world of human trafficking and the problems of a tiny country struggling to cope with a desperate wave washing up on its shores.

This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for older teen readers and adults who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Review Quotes

"A good read. Truly page-turning and suspenseful. Highly Recommended."-- "CM: Canadian Review of Materials"

"It's short...and is intended to be read in one sitting...This is not to say, Delaney's writing is simple. To unpack a murder investigation in just over one hundred pages takes skill and precision. Every word counts, yet her description place us in the centre of the action...I can recommend this series for teens, especially ESL students and those with learning difficulties...In the merging of history, social justice, and contemporary characters, Rapid Reads offers accessible quality literature."-- "Ottawa Review of Books"

About the Author

Vicki Delany is one of Canada's most prolific and varied crime writers. The first book in her Sergeant Ray Robertson series for Rapid Reads, Juba Good, was nominated for a Derringer Award, an Arthur Ellis Award, and the Ontario Library Association's Golden Oak Award. She is the author of more than twenty published crime novels, including standalone Gothic thrillers, the Constable Molly Smith series, the Klondike Gold Rush Mysteries, and the Year Round Christmas Mysteries. Under the pen name of Eva Gates she is the national bestselling author of the Lighthouse Library cozy series. Vicki lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario. She is the past president of the Crime Writers of Canada. Vicki has written three books for the Rapid Reads series. The first, A Winter Kill, features rookie constable Nicole Patterson. The second, Juba Good, and the third, Haitian Graves are the first two books in the Ray Robertson mystery series.