Meg's World
When Meg Harris, the protagonist in the Meg Harris Mystery Series, fled the urban frenzy of Toronto and her failed marriage, she moved to the one spot she could be assured that Gareth, her citified ex, would never visit, Three Deer Point, the remote wilderness property inherited from her Great-Aunt Agatha.
Located in a northeast corner of the Outaouais, or West Quebec as Anglo Quebeckers call it, the 1500 acre property lies along the eastern shore of Echo Lake. It’s a two hour drive from Ottawa, Canada’s capital, much of it along teeth-jarring gravel roads. Her only neighbour is the 35 sq mile reserve of the Migiskan Anishinabeg.
When Meg isn’t roaming through the surrounding forests or paddling her wooden canoe over the black waters of Echo Lake, she can be found in the sprawling verandah of her century-old cottage. She sits in her great-aunt’s bentwood rocker, placed to capture a clear view of the lake, the distant tree-covered hills and the lake’s pine-fringed island known as Whisper Island. Here she finds the peace she so desperately sought, that is, until the gods conspire to shatter it.
Following are some views into Meg’s world. They may be downloaded as wallpaper. For download instructions, click here.
Death’s Golden WhisperThey arrived without warning on a perfect Indian summer day… |
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All we’ll get is dead land and dead water. |
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Then almost as a foreboding, a loon's haunting laugh echoed from across the lake. |
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The canoe cut a knife edge through a mirror shimmering with the reflected neon of autumn.
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...and looked across a wide channel to the uninhabited western shore of Echo Lake.
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I kicked my anger out on the fallen leaves, creating a mini bow wave of shifting gold.
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And through these cold wet days I waited in dread of the phone call...
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