?Winner of the Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best Crime Novel

While investigating a drowning, Inspector Green uncovers a decade-old military secret someone is desperate to keep hidden.

Inspector Green is coping with an office job, still eager to get back into the day-to-day fray of policing. His chance comes when an unidentified woman is drowned in the Ottawa River. In her possession is a Medal for Bravery from a peacekeeping mission. As Green and his team dig deeper into the military past, Green finds himself sucked not only into the murky past of a peacekeeping unit but into the high-stakes present of a federal election race. What crime was committed in Yugoslavia more than a decade ago? Is someone still killing to prevent that secret from coming to light? And does the diary of a dead soldier hold the key?

Prizes

Winner of Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best Crime Novel 2007 (Canada),Winner of Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel 2007 (Canada)

Fradkin weaves a complex problem into a novel that works on two levels; as a mystery and as a spotlight on a serious Canadian social problem. * Hamilton Spectator *
The most masterful and compelling tale yet in the series. * Ottawa Citizen *
The best yet. Solid plot and good characters. * Globe and Mail *

Barbara Fradkin is a retired psychologist who is fascinated with why people turn bad. She is the author of the critically acclaimed Amanda Doucette series and the award-winning Inspector Green novels. She lives in Ottawa.