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Freeze Frame
A Vicky Bauer Mystery
by Leona Gom

"Well developed characters, believable dialogue, and an intricate structure will keep readers engrossed in this fast-paced and sometimes disturbing mystery."
— The Peace Arch News
"A series of plots and twists and turns [are] likely to keep readers, both old and new, engaged in the story from beginning to end."
— Canadian Book Review Annual

Vicky Bauer is a woman who unwittingly gets involved in other people's business. Sometimes this gets her into serious trouble. Take Rachel for instance. When Vicky witnesses Rachel's abuse at the hands of her husband, Vicky offers Rachel refuge in her home. Weeks later, Rachel is found dead. Vicky is compelled to make sense of this young woman's story and to track down her killer. Vicky Bauer's methods of deduction explore not only the hard facts but also the convoluted road of relationships and family secrets, as she pieces together a fascinating tale of human complexity and deception.

About the Author   Leona Gom has published six books of poetry and seven novels and has won both the CAA Award for poetry and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. She has taught for many years at Douglas/Kwantlen College, where she edited the award-winning magazine Event, and also at University of Alberta and U.B.C. She has held major writer-in-residencies at U of A, University of Lethbridge, and University of Winnipeg. Her work has been included in over fifty anthologies, and five of her books have been translated into other languages.

She is the only Sumach author we know of who has been used as a clue in a National Post crossword puzzle!

Freeze Frame

Freeze Frame

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Categories
  · Mystery Fiction
  · Women's Issues

280 pages
6" x 9"
$14.95 paper
ISBN: 978-1-896764-26-9

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