The Trickster's Lullaby - (Amanda Doucette Mystery) by Barbara Fradkin (Paperback)

About the Book

Amanda Doucette's cross-Canada charity tour is in for a cold snap when she organizes a winter camping trip for inner-city young people in the stunning setting of the Laurentian Mountains. With a view to bridging cultural divides, she brings along a mixture of Canadian-born and immigrant youth. Trouble begins when two of the teenagers disappear into the wilderness during the night: Luc, a French/English-Canadian with a history of drug use, and Yasmina, an adventurous young woman from Iraq who dreams of becoming a human rights lawyer. Although frantic, their parents are strangely secretive amid suspicions of drug use and forbidden romance. But when a local farmer turns up dead and terrorist material is found on Luc's computer, the dangers turn deadly.

Book Synopsis

Two young men from disparate backgrounds disappear on a winter camping trip in the Laurentians led by Amanda Doucette. One boy turns up dead, and the other is suspected of having terrorist links. Amanda and Chris Tymko race to find the missing boy, but there is also a killer on their heels.

Review Quotes

★ A high-adrenaline plunge into the dangerous and murky waters of homegrown terrorism.

★ 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 master of the genre

An action-packed story set against a beautiful backdrop.

Doucette's tendency to rush into action thinking she can solve the problems that arise is at the heart of these novels.

The landscape means that everything you read is focused and tightly plotted so that the characters have to do everything they can to survive. What do people do when pushed to the limits?

When the violence begins, there's less interest in who killed whom than in whether the heroine and her friends can foil a diabolical bombing plot.

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 is also the author of Fire in the Stars, the first book in the Amanda Doucette Mysteries. She lives in Ottawa.