The Brother of Sleep

by Maggie A. Wheeler

Farran Mackenzie couldn`t have been more surprised when Alison Perry walked into her University of Waterloo office. It had been thirty years since she had last seen her best friend in high school, and thirty years since her best friend`s father, a police officer, had been killed in the line of duty. And now Alison was asking for help in discovering who had really killed her father. Farran has doubts about helping her long-lost friend. A lifetime has passed since Alison walked out of her life with no explanation but doubt fades when a car bomb results in the death of Sergeant Perry`s old partner, nearly killing Alison and Farran, as well. Someone obviously doesn`t want them to dig up old skeletons, so Farran takes them to the only place she feels safe the St. Lawrence Seaway. But the past keeps catching up with them there, too. A fated meeting in the local cemetery with Paul Vaughn, a police officer from Newfoundland, has Farran revisiting the origins of the St. Lawrence Seaway, a journey that turned her own life upside down only a year ago, and threatens to do so again. She feels a strange attraction to Paul, whose life seems to mirror her own, but what about Jerry Strauss, the OPP inspector to whom she owes so much? Too many police officers in her life, both past and present, and too many coincidences. Farran`s heart is playing havoc with her instincts, which could prove dangerous, if not deadly. Whom can she trust? And is the truth worth the price of knowing?

Genres: Mystery

242 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Marion · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very well written, as the first one was also. I enjoyed it so much.

[Jane Campbell · Rating 3 out of 5]

The building of the seaway happened when I was a child. We didn't hear much of the problems so this book was fascinating from this perspective - the lost villages. While I'm not much of a mystery reader, this story was interesting and fast- paced. A good read as well as a sensitive treatment of the people who lost their homes and land when the seaway went through. There are two sides to everything.