A Door in the River (Hazel Micallef Series #3)

by Inger Ash Wolfe

Overview

"Wolfe convincingly lays claim to a new mantle as a first-rate crime writer. A bracingly original mystery series from the pseudonymous Wolfe."--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Stinging deaths aren't uncommon in the summertime, but when Henry Wiest turns up stung to death at an Indian reservation, Detective Hazel Micallef senses not all is as it seems. And when it turns out the "bee" was a diabolical teenaged girl on a murder spree with a strange weapon, a dark and twisted crime begins to slowly emerge. The questions, contradictions, and bodies begin to mount, as two separate police forces struggle to work together to save the soul of Westmuir County.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781605985169
Publisher:	Pegasus Books
Publication date:	12/07/2013
Series:	Hazel Micallef Series
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	873,131
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Inger Ash Wolfe is the pseudonym for critically acclaimed author Michael Redhill, who is the author of The Calling, The Taken, and A Door in the River.  He lives in Canada.

Editorial Reviews

A rare unplug-the-phone, skip-all-meals, ignore-your-bedtime thriller. It's twisty, sharp and very, very creepy--and Detective Hazel Micallef is a perfectly original charmer.--Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of Gone Girl

A wonderful, creepy and suspenseful novel with enough twists and compelling characters to make you want to devour it all at one sitting.--Peter Robinson

Wolfe convincingly lays claim to a new mantle as a first-rate crime writer. A bracingly original mystery series.

Wolfe had me from the first page and never let me go. I absolutely loved Hazel Micallef.--Kate Atkinson, author of Case Histories and One Good Turn

Beautiful writing is just one of the pleasures of this Chinese-box puzzler.

From the Publisher

Wolfe had me from the first page and never let me go. I absolutely loved Hazel Micallef.

Kate Atkinson

A wonderful,
creepy and suspenseful novel with enough twists and compelling characters to make you want to devour it all at one sitting.

Peter Robinson

A rare unplug-the-phone, skip-all-meals, ignore-your-bedtime thriller. It’s twisty, sharp and very, very creepy—and Detective Hazel Micallef is a perfectly original charmer.

Gillian Flynn

A talented author to watch.

Booklist

This is the third in Wolfe’s (pen name of Russell Smith) Hazel Micallef series. Narrator Bernadette Dunne again delivers a sharp portrait of the Port Dundas, Ontario, police detective who, this time, is struggling with an aging mother, departmental transitions, and the suspicious death of an old friend. Hazel’s suspicions lead her into a situation of white slavery, and Dunne deftly balances the personality of the young murderer/victim on the run and the nature of the formidable detective in hot pursuit. Since the victim was found dead on tribal land, her investigation pulls in a medley of characters from the tribal police whom Dunne smoothly, lightly distinguishes. Especially terrific is the gradually hardening voice of one surprising female villain. Crisp, tense storytelling ends with an odd reflective final chapter, which Dunne handles capably but is still disconcerting. D.P.D. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

OCTOBER 2012 - AudioFile