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About the Book

Metis journalist Leo Desroches has just been released from jail. Fortunately for him, he is re-hired at the paper to write a popular column about crime. Its summer, the city is hot and buzzing with mosquitoes and its on track for a record number of homicides. Called to the scene of an apparent overdose of a young Native man in the inner city, Leo witnesses some rocks falling out of the body bag, and he picks them up. At first he believes they are crack cocaine, but discovers that the rocks are really rough diamonds. As he digs deeper into the story, he finds that the victim was a highly trained mudlogger at one of the new diamond mines in Canadas High Arctic. Leo gets dragged into a deadly conflict between the mining companies and a murderous Native street gang, who are fighting for control of the development of another diamond mine. Caught in the middle of this billion-dollar conflict, Leo is also battling his own demons and fears. Will he get out of this struggle alive?

About the Author :
Wayne Arthurson is an award-winning author of Cree heritage. For more than 20 years, Wayne has worked as a newspaper reporter, editor, freelance journalist, copywriter, communications officer and a drummer in a rock band. He has written over 100 articles and has nine other books to his credit including Fall from Grace and A Killing Winter in the Leo Desroches series. Fall from Grace, the first book in the series, was the winner of the 2012 Alberta Readers Choice Award.

Review :
PRAISE FOR WAYNE ARTHURSON'S LEO DESCROCHES MYSTERY SERIES: [Fall From Grace] exudes wicked energy kept under stern control ...highly charged, stunningly written set pieces... This is a genrebender, its twists all the more startling for being unexpected. -- Booklist [Fall From Grace] makes for a very satisfying debut...Highly recommended. -- Library Journal (Starred Review) Fall From Grace unfolds slowly and deliberately. It isn't a pedal-to-the-metal thriller: it's altogether deeper than that - a novel that works splendidly as both a mystery and a character study. To the august company of Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce and Alexander McCall Smith's Prescious Ramots, we we can now add Edmonton writer Wayne Arthurson's Leo Desroches.-- Quill and Quire To the august company of Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce and Alexander McCall Smith's Prescious Ramotswe we can now add Edmonton writer Wayne Arthurson's Leo Desroches.--Quill and Quire Fall From Grace unfolds slowly and deliberately. It isn't a pedal-to-the-metal thriller: it's altogether deeper than that - a novel that works splendidly as both a mystery and a character study. --Quill and Quire [Fall From Grace] exudes wicked energy kept under stern control ...highly charged, stunningly written set pieces... This is a genrebender, its twists all the more startling for being unexpected. --Booklist Arthurson slowly pulls in all the elements to conjure the writing of a feature story, but his pace picks up exponentially, and this makes for a very satisfying debut...Highly recommended. --Library Journal (Starred Review) Wise and compassionate, vivid and witty, Leo is the kind of character you feel you've known a long time, and Wayne Arthurson is a writer to watch. What a great read. I couldn't put it down. Sparkle Hayter It's about time someone set a kick-ass crime novel in Edmonton. Giles Blunt" "To the august company of Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce and Alexander McCall Smith's Prescious Ramotswe we can now add Edmonton writer Wayne Arthurson's Leo Desroches."--Quill and Quire "Fall From Grace unfolds slowly and deliberately. It isn't a pedal-to-the-metal thriller: it's altogether deeper than that - a novel that works splendidly as both a mystery and a character study." --Quill and Quire ..".exudes wicked energy kept under stern control ...highly charged, stunningly written set pieces... This is a genrebender, its twists all the more startling for being unexpected." --Booklist "Arthurson slowly pulls in all the elements to conjure the writing of a feature story, but his pace picks up exponentially, and this makes for a very satisfying debut...Highly recommended." --Library Journal (Starred Review) "Wise and compassionate, vivid and witty, Leo is the kind of character you feel you've known a long time, and Wayne Arthurson is a writer to watch. What a great read. I couldn't put it down." Sparkle Hayter "It's about time someone set a kick-ass crime novel in Edmonton." Giles Blunt"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781926696270
  • Publisher: Eschia Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Eschia Books
  • Height: 209 mm
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Spine Width: 133 mm
  • Weight: 290 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1926696271
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2023
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: A Leo Desroches Mystery
  • Width: 55 mm


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