Fifth Son - Paperback

by Barbara Fradkin (Author)

Accident or suicide? That's the simple question put to Inspector Michael Green when a derelict stranger falls to his death from an abandoned church tower in a quiet river village at the edge of his jurisdiction. But when the victim turns out be a long lost son of a local farm family cursed in recent years by tragedy, madness and death, Green begins to suspect something far more sinister is at work. Probing the family's past, he uncovers a toxic mix of rigid fundamentalism, teenage rebellion and a family secret so horrific that twenty years later, someone is still desperate to prevent the truth from coming to light.

Author Biography

Barbara Fradkin's work as a psychologist provides ample inspiration for her tales of murder. She has an affinity for the dark side, and her short stories haunt several anthologies and magazines, including Storyteller and the New canadian Noir and Ladies' Killing Circle anthologies. Fifth Son is the fourth in the Inspector Green series. The first, Do or Die, was published by Rendezvous Press in 2000. The second, Once Upon a Time ( 2002) was shortlisted for an Arthur Ellis award for Best Novel. A third, Mist Walker, followed in 2003. Barbara lives in Ottawa and is an active participant in Canada's crime writing community. She is currently the president of Crime Writer's of Canada.