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Lädt ... The Bone Seekervon M. J. McGrath
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. The Bone Seeker – An Arctic Thriller If you are looking for a crime thriller that has bodies dropping left right and centre and car chases and hard men then this book is not for you. If you want a well thought out plot a feel of the desolation for being a forgotten people and governmental cover-ups and being at the end of the world then this is the book for you. The Bone Seeker by M.J McGrath is set in the arctic world of Ellesmere Island and the Inuit people who are the unwitting victims as a murder of a young girl is covered up by a Government Department. Edie Kiglatuk is up on Ellesmere Island for the summer as a teacher at the local school. Summer on Ellesmere Island is never ending daylight and living amongst the tundra life is hard for the Inuit population. Edie is living at the Police Detachment with local police sergeant Derek Pallister. They had both worked together previously on a murder case where he had used Edie’s tracking skills. A local girl Martha Salliaq is found murdered in horrible circumstances near an old radar station in one of the stagnant poisonous lakes, which is due to be cleared up of contamination after along campaign. As the investigation continues the local army base takes an unhealthy interest in what happens especially when the Defence Department steps in and seems to be hampering the investigation. It is when the Defence Department take over the investigation and close it down Pallister and Edie decide to continue to investigate but keep it quiet. As they continue their investigation they are getting shut down by the local commander under orders from above. They will not stop especially the closer they get to the truth and uncover some truths they can see why the Department for Defence wants to keep people in the dark. Whilst solving the murder and finding the real murderer they themselves become targets. There is someone who does not want the truth to come out. Who will survive and will they survive is the biggest question and can the Department of Defence be brought to book is the big question. This is a fantastic crime thriller that opens up in the coldest setting of all the arctic circle and also examines how the Inuit population are treated and disregarded by various governments. While there is a murder of a young woman we are also asked how far will a government go to use the murder to cover up an even darker crime. This is a really gripping story and the endless days of summer give it an haunting atmosphere as if stuck in the same bad dream. Good book! Full review at Reviewing the Evidence. Zeige 4 von 4 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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"In the third novel in this highly praised mystery series, Edie Kiglatuk works as a summer school teacher in the Canadian arctic. When one of her female students is found dead in nearby Lake Turngaluk, Edie enlists the help of Sergeant Derek Palliser to pursue the case, promising the girl's Inuit family that they will uncover the truth. Meanwhile, lawyer Sonia Gutierrez investigates the toxicity of the lake and suspects that there might be a larger conspiracy involved. As the three clamber over rocky terrain under twenty-four-hour daylight they start to unearth secrets long frozen over--risking their own lives in the process. With stunning prose, M. J. McGrath delivers another thrill ride through a hauntingly beautiful landscape"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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It's summer in the Arctic, and one of the things McGrath has her characters show us is how people deal (or don't) with twenty-four-hour-a-day sunlight. Camp Nanook is a summer military encampment not far from the village where Edie is teaching, and I was shocked to learn that "...thirty per cent of Arctic postings returned to the south with some kind of mental disorder." Scary stuff, right? The mystery is a good brain teaser for armchair sleuths since it involves the history of the Distant Early Warning line formed by Canada and the U.S. during the cold war. Not only are there Inuits involved in Martha Salliaq's murder, but readers also have to navigate suspicious governmental goings-on.
The investigation is hampered, as always, by the government consistently giving the Inuit the short end of the stick. Edie and Sergeant Palliser have to wait days to receive extra help such as the most basic forensics equipment, and all the while, officers in nearby Camp Nanook are working in the shadows to find out what Edie and Palliser know-- and how to prevent them from learning anything more.
The Bone Seeker benefits from an exceptionally strong cast of characters. Derek Palliser, derisively called "Lemming Police" by the locals, finds himself upping his game in light of Edie's passion for the truth even though he's hampered by insomnia. Edie's hunting skills translate well into a homicide investigation, and well, she's just a force of nature. "Only set of rules I know is mine...And I don't have any." A welcome addition to the cast is the lawyer Sonia Gutierrez from Guatemala. She has her own shadowy past, and after working for years on a lawsuit to force the government to clean up this area of Ellesmere Island, scarcely anything gets past her razor-sharp intellect and unflinching gaze. Whatever you do, don't mess with Edie and Sonia!
There's more than meets the eye to the title of this book, and when you come to that part (as I hope you will), you may find a chill running down your spine and a tear in your eye. The Bone Seeker works well as a standalone, but if you love mysteries with strong unconventional characters and learning about other cultures, I highly recommend that you read all three books in order. Then you will join me in wishing Edie Kiglatuk would appear to solve another mystery up at the Arctic Circle. ( )