Found: A Body

Rosalie Cairns #1

by Betsy Struthers

Short-listed for the 1992 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel

Bookstore clerk Rosalie Cairns was the one who found the body at the edge of the river; why did that make her a suspect?

As the quiet town is rocketed by a series of murders, neighbour distrusts neighbour, and the bookstore, once her refuge, is the centre of intrigue. The evidence against her husband mounts, and Rosalie is forced to join the dangerous hunt for the killer.

Not just a slick and hard-boiled mystery, this is a rich study of characters reacting to unexpected horror, and a look into the depths of small town life.

220 pages, Paperback

First published November 13, 1992

About the author

Betsy Struthers (born 1951) is a Canadian poet and novelist. Born in Toronto, Struthers has lived in Peterborough, Ontario since 1977. She was co-editor (with Sarah Klassen) and contributor to Poets in the Classroom, an anthology of essays about teaching poetry workshops written by members of the League of Canadian Poets. She was president of the League from 1995 to 1997 and has served as chair of its Education Committee and Feminist Caucus. She works as a freelance editor of academic non-fiction texts. Her book Still won the 2004 Pat Lowther Award for the best book of poetry by a Canadian woman. Struthers's poetry has been praised for its narrative clarity, distinctive voice, and erotic play of language.