Magpie's Smile (A)

Release date: May 1, 2009

Trade Paperback / 304 pp / 4.5 x 7.25 / 978-1-897126-42-4

Mystery

When the scalped remains of a Jane Doe are discovered within the rubble of a demolished house, Detective Jake Fry is assigned the task of hunting down Calgary’s most disturbed murderer. Working against a rising body count and police department politics, Fry must relentlessly pursue a murderer with an agenda no one but he can comprehend.

During Calgary’s first economic boom, people flocked from all corners of the country to the city rumoured to have streets paved in gold. Explore the dark side of this boom in A Magpie’s Smile, a tautly chronological police thriller and cinematic portrait of the frenetic Calgary of the 1970s.

This book has audio:

Journalist and mystery author Eugene Meese describes the first of several horrifying murder scenes in his first novel, A Magpie's Smile. Click here to listen.

Meese also describes his motivations behind writing A Magpie's Smile, which include a rivalry between political parties, media controversy, and the frenetic climate of the 1970s. Click here to listen.