It's July 1936 and Toronto is under a record-breaking heat wave. Charlotte Frayne is the junior associate in a two-person private investigation firm, owned by T. Gilmore. Two events set the book’s plot in motion: an anti-Semitic hate letter is delivered to Gilmore, who up to now has not acknowledged his religion, and Hilliard Taylor, a veteran of the First World War requests the firm’s assistance in uncovering what he believes is systematic embezzlement of the Paradise Café, which he owns and operates with three other men, all of whom were prisoners of war. The two events, although seemingly completely unrelated, come together in this wonderful novel that brings to life characters who are as real to the reader as those of the Murdoch series.
- ISBN10 177086542X
- ISBN13 9781770865426
- Publish Date 30 March 2019
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Cormorant Books,Canada
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 336
- Language English
- URL http://cormorantbooks.com/heat-wave