Vicki Delany - Valley of the Lost
Vicki Delany - Valley of the Lost
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press | ISBN: 1590586883 | 2009 | EPUB/MOBI | 291 pages | 673 KB/943 KB
Lucky Smith finds a young woman, dead of a heroin overdose, and her infant son, Miller, when she is leaving the Women’s Support Center for the day. When it turns out the woman shows signs of having been restrained, Trafalgar, British Columbia, Sergeant John Winters investigates her murder with the help of Probationary Constable Molly Smith, Lucky’s daughter. Meanwhile, Molly is still recovering from the death of her fiance, and Lucky volunteers to take Miller in until his relatives can be found. This second Molly Smith mystery, following In the Shadow of the Glacier (2007), again contrasts the beautiful British Columbia wilderness, vividly described by Delany, with the sober realities of contemporary crime, in this case, murder and drug use. Molly, a dedicated cop determined to succeed in what is primarily a man’s profession, makes an engaging lead character.