FINALIST FOR THE MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA 2025 EDGAR AWARDS
A gripping noir mystery introducing artless young detective Patrick Bird, set in Torontoâs Parkdale during the tumultuous â60s.
Patrick Bird, police academy burnout turned PI, works divorce cases, using his camera to catch the unfaithful and the lonely looking for love in rented rooms. But his easy routine is shattered by a new case involving a missing girl.
Sixteen-year-old Abbie Linklater hasnât been home for two days. Her stepmother believes Abbieâs getting an abortion. Her twin brother thinks sheâs studying at the library. Her best friend couldnât care less. Her father has no idea; he just wants her home without involving the police.
Before the sun sets on the first day of his investigation, as Bird roams the streets of Toronto looking for the runaway, heâs caught a drifter prowling in the Linklatersâ backyard, stumbled into a creepy church with a belligerent minister, sparred with the client, been hit by a car, and discovered some loose ends in a bank robbery gone wrong a decade earlier.
And thatâs before he finds the body.
A gripping noir mystery introducing artless young detective Patrick Bird, set in Torontoâs Parkdale during the tumultuous â60s.
Patrick Bird, police academy burnout turned PI, works divorce cases, using his camera to catch the unfaithful and the lonely looking for love in rented rooms. But his easy routine is shattered by a new case involving a missing girl.
Sixteen-year-old Abbie Linklater hasnât been home for two days. Her stepmother believes Abbieâs getting an abortion. Her twin brother thinks sheâs studying at the library. Her best friend couldnât care less. Her father has no idea; he just wants her home without involving the police.
Before the sun sets on the first day of his investigation, as Bird roams the streets of Toronto looking for the runaway, heâs caught a drifter prowling in the Linklatersâ backyard, stumbled into a creepy church with a belligerent minister, sparred with the client, been hit by a car, and discovered some loose ends in a bank robbery gone wrong a decade earlier.
And thatâs before he finds the body.