The Meg Harris Mystery seriesThis compelling series is set in the wilds of West Quebec, where trees out number people a million to one and lakes a thousand to one. Meg Harris fled the big city and a failed marriage to heal her bruised soul on the idyllic shores of Echo Lake, where her struggles to establish a new life are helped by her new friends in the Migiskin Reserve. But as the seasons change, her sought after peace is interrupted by injustice and murder. Unable to ignore it, she invariably becomes enmeshed in a quagmire of murderous intrigue and is racing to find the real killer before it’s too late.
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Arctic Blue Death A missing plane, art forgery, a palette for murderWhen Meg Harris was a child, her father's plane disappeared in the Canadian Arctic and he was never seen again. Thirty-six years later, her mother receives startling Inuit drawings that suggest her father had survived. But if so, why had he never come home? Intent on discovering the answers, no matter how painful, Meg travels to Iqaluit to find the artist. But the path to the truth is fraught with danger and murder. Meg finds herself sucked into the world of Inuit art forgery. And in so doing she discovers the truth about her father and what happened on that fateful flight. Arctic Blue Death is not only a journey into Meg's past but it is also a journey into the land of the Inuit and the culture that has sustained them for thousands of years. "Arctic Blue Death is my first must-read for 2010." "Harlick has a great plot here and she takes it and runs" "...the kind of story that Dick Francis liked to tell." |
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The River Runs Orange A fight over ancient bones leads to murderIn the third action-packed thriller of the West Quebec series, Meg Harris is back more determined than ever to fight against injustice, but sometimes the line between right and wrong is fuzzy. During a wild, whitewater paddle down a wilderness river, Meg discovers the skull and bones of a woman whose very existence takes the archeological world by storm. But when her neighbours, the Migiskan Algonquin, declare their rights to the ancient remains, Meg becomes embroiled in a fight that pits ancient beliefs against modern ones and can only lead to murder. As Meg races to catch the killer, she finds herself once more daring the river’s fury, this time with the added horror of a raging forest fire. In this book I explore the controversy surrounding ancient human remains. Who owns them, the museums that house the archeological finds or the First Nations descendents? Should they be used to further man’s knowledge or returned to the earth to maintain peace and harmony? Questions to which there are no easy answers, as Meg Harris discovers when she tries to balance her love for Eric Odjik and her friendship with the Migiskan with her beliefs as a modern woman. "This is a story that could only be told convincingly by someone like Harlick." "A lot happens in Harlick's Meg Harris novels, whose plots get as turbulent as the white-water rivers Meg's learning to navigate." "The River Runs Orange is a voyage pitting people against a raging river's twists and torrents...R.J. Harlick is a storyteller in tune with these struggles." |
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Red Ice for a Shroud Sex, drugs and ice, a deadly mixA surprise blizzard and a nasty old man derail Eric Odjik’s plan to create a network of trails for the first ever Migiskan Ski Marathon. As Meg Harris helps Eric try to deal with the situation, they discover the frozen and naked body of a young Québécoise. A young Algonquin is charged with her murder. Convinced of his innocence, Meg sets out to prove it and slams into a wall of police prejudice. Meanwhile Eric is faced with another disaster. Someone is supplying the children on the Migiskan Reserve with drugs. Are the two events connected? As Meg scrambles to unravel the truth the snow turns to freezing rain locking her West Quebec wilderness within a prison of ice. “Meg Harris is back in this terrific sequel to Harlick’s first
novel, Death’s Golden Whisper” "...one of the best new voices in the mystery business" “Red Ice for a Shroud is a smooth read…The plot is fast paced
with nary a lull in it.” |
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Death's Golden Whisper The gleam of gold incites murderOn a perfect Indian Summer day, float planes suddenly appear out of the sky and land on an isolated Canadian lake. Within hours, Meg Harris discovers that these men have come to develop a gold mine. Terrified that her West Quebec paradise will be destroyed, Meg combines forces with Eric Odjik, chief of the neighbouring Migiskan Reserve, to fight the mining company. The mine splits the band into two opposing forces and ignites events that threaten Meg and lead to the mysterious disappearance of her friend Marie. As Meg frantically searches for Marie, another story unfolds and she uncovers the secret that bound her great-aunt to this lonely land until the day she died. “Death's Golden Whisper blends greed, native spirituality and
a critique of how modern culture continues to encroach on paradise
within a gripping murder mystery.” "The setting is Harlick's strong suit..this is a promising
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