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Your basic damsel-in-distress gig sounds perfect to private investigator Ashley Smeeton, who's got her own personal and professional struggles in Montreal. Against the backdrop of the winter Carnaval, the job first takes her to Paris where she's drawn into an unsettling world of mirages and masks, not to mention the murderous Bortnik brothers. When she returns to Montreal, a city rife with its own unreasonable facsimiles, the case incomprehensibly picks up again. Convinced she's being played, Ashley embarks on an even more dangerous journey into duplicity. In a world of masks behind masks, it's hard to say where the truth lies.

About the Author
Anna Dowdall was born in Montreal and recently moved back there, which surprised no-one but her. She's been a reporter, a college lecturer and a horticultural advisor, as well as other things best forgotten. Her well-received domestic mysteries, After the Winter and The Au Pair, feature evocative settings and uninhibited female revenge, with a seasoning of moral ambiguity and noir. She reads obscure fiction in English and French and thinks Quebec is an under-recognised mise en scene for mystery and domestic suspense.


Book Information
ISBN 9781771836234
Author Anna Dowdall
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Guernica Editions,Canada
Publisher Guernica Editions,Canada
Weight(grams) 476g
Dimensions(mm) 152mm * 229mm * 20mm