Snowblind (Margaret Haffner); HarperCollins

Simon Hollingford, an Ontario Provincial Police detective, has been suspended while a charge of police brutality against him is investigated. He jumps at the chance to get away from it all by volunteering to be the radio operator for a scientific expedition in Canada’s high arctic.Once in the north, his enjoyment is marred by the information that the previous year’s radio man, the scientist Phillip Loew, had been lost in a storm and the body had never been found. then a series of potentially fatal accidents sets everyone on edge.While birdwatching one day, Simon stumbles on the body of the lost man – but he hasn’t died of exposure. Two bullets in the chest prove the theory that high’velocity lead poisoning can kill faster than sub-zero temperatures.All the same people are back in the north this year, which means one of them is a murderer. Amid steadily deteriorating weather conditions, Simon searches for the answer and uncovers a web of lies and hatred. Everyone had a motive for wanting Phillip Loew dead, and someone is willing to kill again to keep their secret safe …

Смотри также о книге.