
Mr. Good-Evening
A Mystery
John MacLachlan Gray(Author)
Douglas & McIntyre (Publisher)
Published on 21. November 2024
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-77162-395-7 (ISBN)
Description
"Miss Dora Decker doesn't look like the sort of young woman capable of stabbing her employer, a stockbroker Ralph M. Tucker, twenty-five times with her high-heeled shoe; yet, thanks to a slow news day, she has become internationally famous as the Fatal Flapper, and the police are only too happy to make the arrest. Meanwhile, Ed McCurdy, former muckraking journalist, has traded his typewriter for a career reading radio news as Mr. Good-Evening, Canada's first "radio personality." As a celebrity he draws resentment and paranoia from far and near, and he worries that the next murder victim will be himself. Inspector Calvin Hook scours the wet, boozy streets of gritty 1920s Vancouver, piecing together a mystery that somehow connects Al Capone, Winston Churchill and Brother Osiris, the leader of a mystical cult on DeCourcy Island."--Provided by publisher.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Product notice
Cloth
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
612 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77162-395-7 (9781771623957)
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John MacLachlan Gray is a writer-composer-performer for stage, film, television, radio and print. He is best known for his stage musicals (including the phenomenally successful Billy Bishop Goes to War), for his satirical videos on CBC-TV’s The Journal, and for his weekly column for The Globe and Mail. He has published seven acclaimed crime novels and has received many awards, including the Governor General’s Medal and the Order of Canada. He lives in Vancouver, BC, with his wife, Beverlee, two cats, and his personal demons.