All Mortall Things

by Maggie A. Wheeler

Inspector Jerry Strauss does not believe in ghosts As commander of the Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry detachment for the Ontario Provincial Police, Inspector Jerry Strauss does not believe in ghosts, he deals with facts, not fancies. But he and Sterling House, now a B&B in Ingleside, have a long history, going back to his childhood when the house was a private home in the Lost Village of Wales. As a boy, things weren t quite so black and white, and both the home and the village had an unearthly air that last summer before flooding of the St. Lawrence Seaway caused the house to be moved and the village to disappear forever. Death came to the house then, and now death has returned, nearly fifty years later. Jerry Strauss soon discovers he s connected to both. If she were there, Farran Mackenzie would tell him to listen to the house. Inspector Strauss isn t sure he wants to hear what it has to say. "This is a fascinating, haunting and disturbing aspect of Canada's submerged past, which Maggie Wheeler literally and literarily brings back to the surface of our consciousness." Erika Ritter, CBC Ontario Morning. Maggie Wheeler is author of the acclaimed Lost Villages murder mystery series, which includes A Violent End and The Brother of Sleep.

Genres: Mystery

148 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published November 1, 2006

Reviews

[Roger Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another excellent mystery by Maggie Wheeler. Unlike the other books, this one is very much in the Agatha Christie style - a limited number of murderers confined to one place. But this story has the Maggie Wheeler touch and the setting of the Lost Villages to complicate things. Hard to put this one down.

[Margo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another short mystery taking place in the Lost Villages of The St. Lawrence Seaway.

[Marion · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book that only Maggie Wheeler could write. Loved it.

[Ruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maggie's "locked door" mystery brings together a cast of characters with many secrets.

[Courtney]

This book is so packed full of my local history. It has history and a made up story and it just keeps so enthralled until the very end - and wanting more.