Karen Dudley (2)
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Matt comes into the book quite early as Robyn and June sit talking in June’s kitchen (in fact the kitchen is sort of the focal point of the action in this book as there is a lot of discussion of food). Matt has just found June’s garden gnome back in the garden and brings in the envelope of pictures. Much to their horror, rather than some nice vacation snaps, the pictures show the gnome beside a dead body. The body is that of a man who is a friend of June’s. Both of them had been working on the committee that opposes the hazardous waste disposal plant. Even though Robyn is warned off doing any investigation into this death by the local RCMP sergeant when she, June and the rest of the crew are shot at out at the site, Robyn can not sit idly.
There are lots of details about pesticides and hazardous waste disposal and other environmental concerns. In the Author’s Note at the back Dudley says that “we’ve become rather complacent about pesticides…In 1993, 1.1 billion pounds of active pesticide ingredients were used in the United States…” I found the information interesting and I thought it was woven into the story line well. It made me think more seriously about the use of pesticides as I must admit I had become complacent.… (mehr)