The Trickster's Lullaby

An Amanda Doucette Mystery

This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Buy on Amazon Buy on BN.com Buy on Bookshop.org
*This page contains affiliate links, so we may earn a small commission when you make a purchase through links on our site at no additional cost to you.
Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app

1
To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
2
Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.
Pub Date 26 Sep 2017 | Archive Date 31 Jul 2017
Dundurn | Dundurn Press

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.
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...

A Note From the Publisher

Barbara Fradkin is a retired psychologist who is fascinated with why people turn bad. She has written numerous short stories and novellas as well as the critically acclaimed Inspector Green novels. Two of these, Fifth Son and Honour Among Men, have won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. She is also the author of Fire in the Stars, the first book in the Amanda Doucette Mysteries. She lives in Ottawa.

Barbara Fradkin is a retired psychologist who is fascinated with why people turn bad. She has written numerous short stories and novellas as well as the critically acclaimed Inspector Green novels...


Marketing Plan

ADVERTISING
Consumer ads: Mystery Scene, The Strand, Reader’s Digest
Library wholesaler ads: Library Services Centre, Whitehots, Baker & Taylor
Trade ads: Publishers Weekly, Library Journal
Online ads: NetGalley, Facebook
Books for Everybody submission

MARKETING MATERIALS
Bookmarks

EVENTS
Festival pitches
Event promotion: posters, evites
Trade shows, school and library conferences
Tour, Ontario & Quebec 

DIGITAL MARKETING
Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Dundurn.com campaigns
Goodreads giveaway
Cover and sample chapter reveal
Guest Post on Dundurn Blog
Digital Reader Copies available: NetGalley, Edelweiss
Consumer, library, bookseller, and author newsletters

SPECIAL OUTREACH
Key Influencer mailing
Niche marketing to associations and interest groups
Bookseller mailing, enhanced packaging, USA & Canada 

PUBLICITY
Targeted media and blogger review mailings
Advance Reading Copies available, enhanced quantity

MERCHANDISING
EPUB series price promotion and bundle
Shelf Talkers

Book hashtag: #AmandaDoucette
Author Website: barbarafradkin.com
Author Twitter: @BarbaraFradkin

ADVERTISING
Consumer ads: Mystery Scene, The Strand, Reader’s Digest
Library wholesaler ads: Library Services Centre, Whitehots, Baker & Taylor
Trade ads: Publishers Weekly, Library Journal
Online ads:...


Available Editions

EDITION Other Format
ISBN 9781459735408
PRICE $17.99 (USD)
PAGES 336

Average rating from 20 members


Featured Reviews

4 and 1 / 2 stars

Amanda Doucette is a survivor of a Nigerian horror who is still trying to cope with it. She leads a group of culturally mixed inner-city teens to the wilderness for a camping adventure. Two go missing, an eighteen-year old youth and a young Muslim girl.

The young man, Luc Prevost is someone of whom Amanda was wary of from the start of the adventure. When they receive a report of a man killed not far from their camp, they suspect it might have been Luc. Unable to get any more information, Amanda and the group are frustrated. They decide after a search to carry on with their plans.

When the Yasmina, the young woman, goes missing panic begins to settle in. Did the two run off together? Was this planned from the beginning of the trip?

Amanda contacts the police, but in such an isolated place, there are jurisdictional issues. Amanda contacts Matthew Goderich. He is a journalist and friend of Amanda’s who also assists her in her outdoor adventure endeavor. She wants him to get information on some of the key people such as Yasmina’s parents and Luc’s mother. Matthew goes so far as to contact Luc’s father as well. Matthew suspects there is something odd going on. When Matthew finds a hidden laptop of Luc’s, he knows it.

Chris Tymko from Newfoundland an RCMP officer and friend of Matthew and Amanda’s who is in Montreal doing a French-speaking course. He gets involved too. At first he tries for information, but then becomes embroiled in the affair.

As the connections come together and the tensions mount, the reader races towards the conclusion. It is both surprising and explosive.

This is an extremely well written and plotted novel. The characters were likeable, except for Amanda’s tendency not to listen to advice and run off half-cocked into danger. This is my first Barbara Fradkin book, but it certainly won’t be my last. I truly enjoyed this novel. It was a refreshing and original storyline.

I want to thank Netgalley and Dundurn for forwarding to me a copy of this great book to read.

Was this review helpful?

I loved this Canadian thriller.

Last fall, I went to Montreal and Mont Tremblant, so I could picture exactly where the story took place. I liked that it alternated between a city setting and the wilderness. It gave a full view of Quebec in the winter.

The mystery was so chilling. I really didn’t know what would happen. There were many possible explanations for disappearances, from drugs, to accidents, to escaping to terrorist groups, so I didn’t know what was the real answer.

I really liked that this was such a Canadian story. Even the way that the youth who go on the trip are immigrants from other countries demonstrates how the way that Canada is so multicultural.

I loved this story. It kept me on the edge of my seat. I’ll have to look for more books in this series!

Was this review helpful?

Readers who liked this book also liked: