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Strange things done

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  • Publisher:
    Dundurn Press, 2016
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
  • Accessibility:
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    Certified Accessible By: National Network for Equitable Library Service
    Running Time: 09:59 hrs
    Narrator: Mary Harrison
    Publisher:
    Center for Equitable Library Service, 2018

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  • Author: Wild, Elle
    Date:
    Created
    2016
    Summary:

    2017 Arthur Ellis Award, Best First Novel — Winner A dark and suspenseful noir thriller, set in the Yukon. As winter closes in and the roads snow over in Dawson City, Yukon, newly arrived journalist Jo Silver investigates the dubious suicide of a local politician and quickly discovers that not everything in the sleepy tourist town is what it seems. Before long, law enforcement begins treating the death as a possible murder and Jo is the prime suspect. Strange Things Done is a top-notch thriller — a tense and stylish crime novel that explores the double themes of trust and betrayal. 2017 Women in Film “From Our Dark Side" Contest — Winner • 2015 Unhanged Arthur Award for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel — Winner • 2014 Telegraph/Harvill Secker Crime Competition — Shortlisted • 2014 Southwest Writers Annual Novel Writing Contest — Silver Winner • 2014 Criminal Lines Crime-Writing Competition — Shortlisted • 2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award — Longlisted

    Genre:
    Canadian fiction, Thrillers (Fiction)
    Subject(s): Women journalists | Yukon--Dawson | Murder--Investigation | Murder | Suicide | Journalists
    Original Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn
    Language(s): English