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Back Channel: A Page-Turning Mystery Thriller With Jaw-Dropping Twists and Turns
“Corbett’s work brims with heart and grit, always a winning combination.” ~ New York Times
“A dynamite new series . . . the action is perfectly paced . . . Corbett's work has garnered him an Edgar Award nomination, and we can see why.” ~ The New York Times
“Ron Corbett’s excellent Frank Yakabuski series is a return to the bad old days when men killed for a glass of beer.” ~ Globe and Mail
When seventeen-year-old Meaghan McKenna’s mother is found dead in the Springfield River, she refuses to believe it was an accident. Detective Frank Yakabuski is soon drawn into a labyrinth of family feuds, lost land grants, and a string of murders stretching back generations. As Yakabuski and his partner, Donna Griffin, dig deeper they uncover a conspiracy rooted in the region’s colonial history — one that powerful men will kill to protect.
Atmospheric, suspenseful, and deeply human, Back Channel explores the ties of blood and land, and the price of justice in a place where the past never stays buried.
Get BACK CHANNEL, the fifth book in the FRANK YAKABUSKI MYSTERY SERIES, a dark northern noir thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat from cover to cover.
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“A dynamite new series . . . the action is perfectly paced . . . Corbett's work has garnered him an Edgar Award nomination, and we can see why.” ~ The New York Times
“Ron Corbett’s excellent Frank Yakabuski series is a return to the bad old days when men killed for a glass of beer.” ~ Globe and Mail
When seventeen-year-old Meaghan McKenna’s mother is found dead in the Springfield River, she refuses to believe it was an accident. Detective Frank Yakabuski is soon drawn into a labyrinth of family feuds, lost land grants, and a string of murders stretching back generations. As Yakabuski and his partner, Donna Griffin, dig deeper they uncover a conspiracy rooted in the region’s colonial history — one that powerful men will kill to protect.
Atmospheric, suspenseful, and deeply human, Back Channel explores the ties of blood and land, and the price of justice in a place where the past never stays buried.
Get BACK CHANNEL, the fifth book in the FRANK YAKABUSKI MYSTERY SERIES, a dark northern noir thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat from cover to cover.
FRANK YAKABUSKI MYSTERY Ragged Lake Cape Diamond Mission Road Muskie Falls CHECK OUT Edgar®-nominated author Ron Corbett’s DANNY BARRETT Thriller Series. The Sweet Goodbye Cape Rage
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Published October 21, 2025
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December 15, 2025
Back Channel is a riveting read, an old-fashioned story with no pretensions—and, at the same time, one full of depth and wisdom. Like the four previous Yakabuski novels, it delivers a nuanced whodunit featuring the Northern Divide, a haunting landscape, beautiful yet unforgiving. Back Channel is a tale you can sink your teeth into, the kind of tale I want more of. I can’t wait for Yakabuski Six.
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