Shaded Light: The Case of the Tactless Trophy Wife: A Paul Manziuk and Jacquie Ryan Mystery Shaded Light: The Case of the Tactless Trophy Wife: A Paul Manziuk and Jacquie Ryan Mystery
The Manziuk and Ryan Mysteries

Shaded Light: The Case of the Tactless Trophy Wife: A Paul Manziuk and Jacquie Ryan Mystery

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Publisher Description

A warm July weekend. A select house party at a private estate. And a mystifying murder.

Her plan was for a cozy weekend with a touch of matchmaking. But from the moment guests began to arrive, everything went wrong. After the discovery of a guest’s body in one of the gardens, could it get any worse?

Toronto Homicide Inspector Paul Manziuk desperately needed a weekend off after hitting yet another dead end in his search for a serial killer, but this case is too important.

To make things worse, he’s forced into a partnership with Jacquie Ryan, a newly promoted female constable who, according to office gossip, owes her upward move to a new affirmative action mandate.

Forced to ignore the sparks that flew at their first meeting, Manziuk and Ryan struggle to deal with the frustrated hostess and her disparate group of guests, most of whom have motives for the murder as well as questionable alibis. It isn’t long before the mismatched duo feel they’ve been thrust into an Agatha Christie novel where they can’t trust anyone.
Can the experienced investigator and his green partner unravel the clues and find the culprit who is hiding in plain sight?

Shaded Light: The Case of the Tactless Trophy Wife is the first novel in a series of classic-style whodunits set in modern-day Toronto. If you like warm-hearted mysteries filled with fascinating characters, witty dialogue, and plot twists, you’ll love J. A. Menzies’ whodunits.

"He’s white, an abrupt, patronizing veteran, while she’s a recently promoted, vivacious black woman—but... the two rub elbows and tempers to captivating effect." —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2015
March 27
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
495
Pages
PUBLISHER
MurderWillOut Mysteries
SELLER
Draft2Digital, LLC
SIZE
969.4
KB

Customer Reviews

Hana12300 ,

Very good

Great story and well developed characters.

Mum2Toby ,

A page turner for sure!

Nice to read a book set in Canada for a change with descriptions of areas one can recognize and resonate with. I can often figure out the plots of mysteries while reading them but not with this book. I had to keep reading right to the end! Loved it!

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