Wishful Seeing: A Thaddeus Lewis Mystery

by Janet Kellough

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2017 Arthur Ellis Award, Best Novel — Shortlisted

Saddlebag preacher Thaddeus Lewis uncovers murder and conspiracy in Northumberland County.

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A body is discovered on an isolated island in Rice Lake. Saddlebag preacher Thaddeus Lewis is sent on a desperate hunt for the truth when a woman for whom he feels a guilty attraction stands accused of the murder. Meanwhile, railway mania grips the county: everyone expects to get rich off the Cobourg-Peterborough rail line — some at the expense of others.

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adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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