Prisoners of Hope: An Amanda Doucette Mystery

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Dundurn, Oct 6, 2018 - Fiction - 336 pages
Amanda Doucette finds herself drawn into the world of exploited foreign workers when she rescues a Filipino nanny accused of murdering her wealthy employer.

Georgian Bay: a spectacular terrain of granite shores, deserted islands, and infinite sparkling bays. As part of her cross-Canada charity tour, Amanda has planned a kayaking trip in the area for abused families from a rural Ontario community.

While exploring some remote islands offshore, she and a local tour guide rescue a frightened young woman whose boat has capsized. In an apparent act of kindness, the tour guide takes the woman to shore, leaving Amanda stranded. But when news surfaces that a wealthy doctor has died at his estate and his Filipino nanny has gone missing, Amanda fears far more sinister forces are at work. When the young tour guide is found dead on a nearby island, she and RCMP officer Chris Tymko race to prevent more innocent deaths.
 

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Contents

Chapter One
11
Chapter Two
24
Chapter Three
36
Chapter Four
50
Chapter Five
62
Chapter Six
73
Chapter Seven
83
Chapter Eight
93
Chapter Seventeen
194
Chapter Eighteen
204
Chapter Nineteen
217
Chapter Twenty
232
Chapter TwentyOne
241
Chapter TwentyTwo
251
Chapter TwentyThree
262
Chapter TwentyFour
272

Chapter Nine
104
Chapter Ten
118
Chapter Eleven
130
Chapter Twelve
141
Chapter Thirteen
150
Chapter Fourteen
163
Chapter Fifteen
174
Chapter Sixteen
184
Chapter TwentyFive
280
Chapter TwentySix
290
Chapter TwentySeven
307
Chapter TwentyEight
314
Chapter TwentyNine
323
Acknowledgements
333
Book Credits
336
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About the author (2018)

Barbara Fradkin is a retired psychologist who is fascinated with why people turn bad. She has written numerous short stories and novellas as well as the critically acclaimed Inspector Green novels. Two of these, Fifth Son and Honour Among Men, have won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. Barbara lives in Ottawa.

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