Blood Count
A Crang Mystery
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 29. June 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-4597-3534-7 (ISBN)
Description
At a time when gay communities were hidden worlds, Crang needs to root out a killer and do his best to right a grave wrong.
At the height of the AIDS crisis in the early nineties, a close friend of Crang's, Alex Corcoran, loses his partner, Ian, to the disease. After Ian's death, Crang is enlisted by Alex to find the man who infected Ian. Crang searches for the
man to prevent Alex from getting himself in trouble. However, when Alex is murdered, Crang owes it to his friends to find their killers.
The case, which explores the gay scene in Toronto at a time when LGBT culture was still very much a hidden world and open persecution was commonplace, ends up involving a cabinet minister afraid of being exposed.
A clever political mystery, Blood Count is also an emotional and moving story of a couple whose lives are devastated by AIDS and a community damaged by the prejudices of the world around them.
At the height of the AIDS crisis in the early nineties, a close friend of Crang's, Alex Corcoran, loses his partner, Ian, to the disease. After Ian's death, Crang is enlisted by Alex to find the man who infected Ian. Crang searches for the
man to prevent Alex from getting himself in trouble. However, when Alex is murdered, Crang owes it to his friends to find their killers.
The case, which explores the gay scene in Toronto at a time when LGBT culture was still very much a hidden world and open persecution was commonplace, ends up involving a cabinet minister afraid of being exposed.
A clever political mystery, Blood Count is also an emotional and moving story of a couple whose lives are devastated by AIDS and a community damaged by the prejudices of the world around them.
Reviews / Votes
Like a fine wine, the [Crang] series - and its protagonist - have aged well. * Toronto Star * A clever and deftly crafted political mystery by a master of the mystery/suspense genre. * Midwest Book Review *More details
Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4597-3534-7 (9781459735347)
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E-Book
04/2017
2nd Edition
Dundurn Press
€6.49
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Person
Jack Batten, after a brief and unhappy career as a lawyer, has been a very happy freelance writer for many years. The author of forty books, Batten has reviewed jazz for the Globe and Mail, and, for twenty-five years, reviewed movies on CBC Radio. He currently writes the biweekly "Whodunnit" column in the Toronto Star. He lives in Toronto.