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

About the Book

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.

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.

★ A high-adrenaline plunge into the dangerous and murky waters of homegrown terrorism.-- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"

★ Fradkin, a retired psychologist, creates well-drawn, complex characters, and she knows how to build tension and drama that hold readers to the end.-- "Publishers Weekly, starred review for book 1"

A master of the genre-- "Midwest Book Review, on Fire in the Stars (book 1)"

An action-packed story set against a beautiful backdrop.-- "Crime Watch"

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

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?-- "The Book Trail"

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.-- "Kirkus Reviews"

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.