Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence
The Delicate Storm
A crime novel set in the Canadian city of Algonquin Bay, following Detective John Cardinal as two deaths draw him into a long-buried conspiracy. The icy weather sharpens the suspense as past political violence and present murder converge.
Work Information
In an icebound city, two deaths lead the reader back to a secret from thirty years earlier.
The second John Cardinal novel by Giles Blunt. After an American tourist's mutilated body and a respected woman's frozen corpse are found, Cardinal and Delorme pursue the hidden connection between apparently separate crimes. The result is a tense mystery steeped in cold weather and psychological unease.
Book Information
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- 2004-01-05
- Pages
- 480 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 11.1 x 3.05 x 17.81 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780007115785
- ISBN-10
- 0007115784
- Price
- 3793 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Mystery & Thrillers/Mystery
Stylish, atmospheric psychological thriller following on from the Silver Dagger Award winner, Forty Words for Sorrow. A gruesome discovery in the wilderness above Algonquin Bay leads detectives John Cardinal and Lisa Delorme to a remote cabin that has served as an abattoir for a cold-blooded killer… But the woods hide other horrors and soon a second body is discovered, naked and shrouded in ice. When one of the victims is identified as an American the Mounties have to be called in, but it's the Canadian Secret Service that arouses the most mistrust. Is their interference due to a suspected terrorist link, or is there something even more sinister behind it? With Northern Ontario in the grip of an ice storm of once-in-a-hundred years severity, the woods take on a glittering, lethal beauty. And in this winter wonderland John Cardinal must hunt down and confront a killer.
Giles Blunt grew up in North Bay Ontario, and now lives in Toronto. He has written scripts for Law & Order, Street Legal, and Night Heat. His first psychological thriller, Forty Words for Sorrow, which also features Detectives Cardinal and Delorme, won the 2001 Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger Award
Reviews
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An excellent mystery thriller
This second adventure of detectives John Cardinal and Lise Delorme is a welcome addition to the series. Author Blunt has created a believalbe, worldly set of characters who are able to keep the action going while dealing with their own personal problems. Although this is one of those stories that grab you at the beginning and keep you reading through the night, it is not a mindless escapade in non-stop thrills, but just a very good story about detectives searching for the truth and their lives outside of the station house. I especially like the setting. The small, rural town locale in Canada seems to add to the suspense. It is a welcome diversion to read about someplace other than the huge metropolitan US cities where most novels seem to take place. Cardinal and Delorme are interesting, entertaining characters who complement each other perfectly. I can't wait for the third novel in this series.
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Well written mystery
An excellent and absorbing read. The plot was well developed and very plausible. I am looking forward to reading more by this author.
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A wintery tale
I don't know what I enjoyed most, the complex story of four murders over thirty years or the description of Western Ontario in the Winter. Both combined to make a fantastic story in a wonderful context. A really enjoyable read.
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Excellent book
Giles Blunt never disappoints, I have now read all of his Cardinal novels and thoroughly enjoyed each one. His characters are very real and it is easy to get wrapped up in the story line. I had a hard time putting it down.
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An absorbing book
I read the Crime Machine and thought it a great book, with a criticism that Cardinal, and the rest of his crew, were not provided physical descriptions. What does Cardinal look like? What doe the other cops look like. What about their homes, food choices, their offices, etc. Hate it when my picture of the characters comes from the TV show. This book is more interesting because it delves into Canadian recent history, and the ending is strange, but logical. But my beefs also apply here. As usual the persons being investigated, and their situations, are nicely and concisely described, so Mr. Blunt can do it. Beats me why not for the police. A thought occurs: maybe the omission is deliberate, so that the TV people can fit any actor into the roles, without the readers bitching.