Fire in the Stars - (Amanda Doucette Mystery) by Barbara Fradkin (Paperback)

About the Book

Former aid worker Amanda Doucette returns from Nigeria to rebuild her life in Newfoundland after a shocking experience drove her from the field. Seeking a new purpose in life, she soon finds herself putting her crisis-response training to full effect when she's wrapped up in a murder and missing-persons case and a social media storm.

Book Synopsis

Former aid worker Amanda Doucette returns from Nigeria to rebuild her life in Newfoundland after a shocking experience drove her from the field. Seeking a new purpose in life, she soon finds herself putting her crisis-response training to full effect when she's wrapped up in a murder and missing-persons case and a social media storm.

Review Quotes

★ Fradkin, a retired psychologist, creates well-drawn, complex characters, and she knows how to build tension and drama that hold readers to the end.

A simply riveting read from first page to last by a master of the genre.

A terrific read.

Believable, nuanced characters and unpredictable plots.

Fabulous. The characters were amazing and the story pulled you in, and kept me guessing until the end.

If you want to get a real feel (and fear) of the woods, this is the book for you.

Launching a new series, Fradkin scores low for mystery, high for wilderness adventure, and off the charts for her portrait of the bleak, beautiful Newfoundland landscape.

Masterly ... it's the wilderness that provides the story's passion.

Readers of Tana French and Deborah Crombie may want to investigate.

Readers who have enjoyed Barbara Fradkin's series featuring Inspector Green of the Ottawa police will not be disappointed with her new protagonist, Amanda Doucette.

The book also leaves one wishing to know more about Amanda Doucette. She is a plucky, adventurous, smart, caring person with an exciting, globetrotting career and the potential for many great stories.

About the Author

Barbara Fradkin is a retired psychologist who is fascinated with why people turn bad. She has written numerous short stories and novellas as well as the critically acclaimed Inspector Green novels. Two of these, Fifth Son and Honour Among Men, have won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. She lives in Ottawa.