The Trickster's Lullaby
An Amanda Doucette Mystery
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
A winter camping trip turns deadly as two missing teenagers, a twisted love triangle, and the spectre of radicalism create turmoil in the remote Laurentian wilderness.
Amanda Doucette’s cross-Canada charity tour is in for a cold snap when she organizes a winter camping trip for inner-city young people in the stunning setting of the Laurentian Mountains. With a view to bridging cultural divides, she brings along a mixture of Canadian-born and immigrant youth.
Trouble begins when two of the teenagers disappear into the wilderness during the night: Luc, a French/English-Canadian with a history of drug use, and Yasmina, an adventurous young woman from Iraq who dreams of becoming a human rights lawyer. Although frantic, their parents are strangely secretive amid suspicions of drug use and forbidden romance. But when a local farmer turns up dead and terrorist material is found on Luc’s computer, the dangers turn deadly. Now in a battle against both the elements and police, Amanda and Corporal Chris Tymko discover a far greater web of secrets and deception.
As Amanda races to save the young people from danger, she finds herself fighting for stakes far higher than their own lives.
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Fradkin's second Amanda Doucette thriller (following Fire in the Stars) is a high-adrenaline plunge into the dangerous and murky waters of the homegrown terrorism. Amanda, a former international aid worker, wants to make a difference following her return to Canada. She launches a charity that takes disadvantaged youth on wilderness trips, and her first outing is a winter camping trip with a mix of inner-city immigrant and Canadian-born youth from Montreal intended to help bridge cultural divides. Trouble begins when Luc, a French-Canadian 18-year-old with a history of drug use, disappears from the campsite. Then an Iraqi girl, Yasmina, also disappears. When a local farmer is found murdered and terrorist material is discovered on Luc's computer, Amanda and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Corporal Chris Tymko, whom readers may remember from the previous book, must work together to find the teens and stop a terrorist plot. Fradkin's background as a psychologist is evident in her well-developed characters, who are matched by smart plotting and timely questions of what draws young people to extremist ideologies.
