Five for Forteau
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Award recognition for Two for the Tablelands:
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Award Recognition for Three for Trinity:
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The fifth book in the Sebastian Synard mystery series takes our intrepid tour guide/private detective on a jaunt across Newfoundland and into Labrador, in pursuit of those towers of intrigue--lighthouses!
The final stop on Synard's lighthouse tour is the one at L'Anse Amour, Labrador, the highest in all Atlantic Canada. It's a long climb into the lantern room, and a long fall from its catwalk to the ground below. Dead is photographer Amanda Thomson. Who is the scoundrel that nudged her past the railing? The RCMP in Forteau are pointing to one of the tour groups, but Sebastian and his partner Mae have other ideas. They retrace the excursions of Amanda and her vagabond boyfriend back to a section of northern Newfoundland called the French Shore. Could the recent bizarre vandalism at its historic sites hold a clue? What is it about the French Shore that leads them back to murder at L'Anse Amour?
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Governor General Award-winner Kevin Major is the author of twenty-three books--fiction, literary non-fiction, poetry, and plays. His first novel, Hold Fast, is considered a classic of Canadian young adult fiction, and was adapted into a feature film. As Near To Heaven By Sea: A History of Newfoundland and Labrador was a Canadian bestseller. His work has been translated into several languages, including German, Spanish, Catalan, and Hebrew. One for the Rock, Two for the Tablelands, Three for Trinity, Four for Fogo Island, and Five for Forteau belong to Major's popular series of crime novels. He and his wife live in St. John's. They have two grown sons.