Lion's Head Revisited - (Dan Sharp Mystery) by Jeffrey Round (Paperback)

About the Book

When a young autistic boy disappears while on a camping trip on the Bruce Peninsula, investigator Dan Sharp comes up against multiple possible kidnappers, as well as his own past.

Book Synopsis

A case brings PI Dan Sharp to the northern Ontario wilderness, where he has to face his own dark past.

When a four-year-old autistic boy disappears on a camping trip, his mother is reluctant to involve the police. Instead, she calls in private investigator Dan Sharp after a ransom demand arrives.

On investigating, Dan learns there are plenty of people who might be responsible for the kidnapping. Among them are an ex-husband who wrongly believed the boy was his son; the boy's surrogate mother, now a drug addict; the boy's grandmother, who has been denied access to her grandson; and a mysterious woman who unnerves everyone with her unexpected appearances.

A trip to Lion's Head in the Bruce Peninsula, where the boy disappeared, brings Dan unexpectedly into contact with his own brutal upbringing. But when a suspected kidnapper is found dead, Dan suddenly finds himself chasing the ghosts of the present as well as the past.

Review Quotes

A very satisfying mystery with very interesting characters!-- "Kinzie Things"

An outstanding addition to the Dan Sharpe Mystery series that old and new fans are going to love.-- "Book Reviews and More by Kathy"

Solid, well-paced mystery-- "Literary Treats"

The main characters are well-developed and have more depth than typical for mystery and detective stories.-- "Floralcars"

[Jeffrey Round's novels] not only give gay readers increasing representation in the world of crime fiction, but offer straight ones a reasonably complex glimpse of a community they'll likely find isn't especially different from theirs -- except, presumably, for the murderous parts.-- "Niagara Falls Review, for After the Horses"

Dan Sharp, the protagonist, is one of Round's key achievements, vividly brought to fictive life.-- "Keith Garebian"

Reading Lion's Head Revisited is like watching a time bomb in its final minute. With characters made of equal parts compassion and stone-cold criminality, this book is a bullet.-- "Jared Mitchell, author of Becky Chan"

This is as good a whodunit as we'll see this year.-- "Globe and Mail, for Shadow Puppet"

About the Author

Jeffrey Round is the author of numerous books, including the Lambda Award-winning Dan Sharp mystery series and the stand-alone mystery Endgame. He lives in Toronto.