Gray, John MacLachlan

Vile Spirits

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ISBN 13:: 9781771622776
author:: Gray, John MacLachlan
format:: Hardback
publisher:: Douglas & McIntyre
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2022
Pages:: 320
Dimensions:: 23.1 x 15.5 x 2.8 centimetres (0
Genre:: Fiction & Literature, Mystery & Detective, Historical,
Condition:: New
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£15.33

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Vile Spirits by John MacLachlan Gray is a gripping mystery set in 1920s Vancouver, where the city's transformation between wars is marked by crime and corruption. After the failed experiment of prohibition, liquor is once again legal, but tensions remain high as politicians and temperance activists vie for power. When Attorney General Gordon Cunning is found dead with an empty martini glass beside him, followed closely by Mrs. Harlan Crombie who falls ill after a book club meeting, suspicions arise that something more sinister is at play. As the investigation unfolds, a complex web of alliances and rivalries emerges, involving the Liquor Control Board, the Ku Klux Klan, and global events on Vancouver's mean streets. Fans of Gray's previous work will be drawn into this spellbinding tale, as straight-shooting constable Calvin Hook, poet-cum-reporter Ed McCurdy, and telephone operator Mildred Wickstram pool their skills to uncover the truth.

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