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In the mountain town of Trafalgar, British Columbia, renowned photographer Rudolph Steiner returns after 25 years, reigniting old flames and hidden tensions. When Steiner is found shot in his hotel room, suspicion falls on Eliza Winters, the woman who once left him and is now married to Sergeant John Winters. As the investigation deepens, John must navigate a painful conflict between his duty and loyalty to his wife. Meanwhile, Constable Molly Smith faces her own challenges, from a series of break-ins to a threatening stalker, culminating in a personal tragedy that leaves her isolated.
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Photographer Rudolph Steiner visits Trafalgar, British Columbia, where he plans to re-connect with Eliza Winters, who left him 25 years ago to marry Police Sergeant John Winters. When Steiner is found dead, suspicion falls upon Eliza, and John is forced to decide between loyalty to his job or his wife.

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As the mountain town of Trafalgar, British Columbia, shakes off a long hard winter, famous photographer Rudolph Steiner arrives to do a feature on mountain tourism. Steiner is accompanied by his assistant and his sexy young wife, but he has another reason for the visit: to re-connect with the woman who left him 25 years ago to marry another man. That woman was a young, beautiful, naive, internationally known super-model. Today Eliza Winters is no longer young, and definitely not naive, but she is still beautiful and married to Trafalgar City Police Sergeant John Winters. When Steiner is found shot in his luxury hotel room, suspicion falls upon Eliza who had, inexplicably, visited Steiner there. John Winters is forced into the most difficult of dilemmas: loyalty to his job or to his wife. As the RCMP dig into secrets hidden by both Steiner and Eliza, Winters slowly comes to realize that he doesn't know his beloved wife as well as he thought. Meanwhile, Constable Molly Smith has her own troubles. A series of break-ins has the peaceful town in an uproar, her overprotective boyfriend from the Royal Mounted Police is fighting with her colleagues, and a vengeful stalker is watching her every move. When tragedy strikes at the heart of her own family, Molly can't even turn to her mother for help.

Series: Constable Molly Smith Novels

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  • Negative Image
    As the mountain town of Trafalgar, British Columbia, shakes off a long hard winter, famous photographer Rudolph Steiner arrives to do a feature on mountain tourism. Steiner is accompanied by his assistant and his sexy young wife, but he has another reason for the visit: to re-connect with the woman who left him 25 years ago to marry another man....
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  • Under Cold Stone
    A weekend getaway to the Rocky Mountains. A Scottish inspired castle of carved stone. And murder.... Passionate environmentalist, old-time hippy Lucky Smith and Chief Constable of Trafalgar, British Columbia Paul Keller are an unlikely couple. Their vacation to the Rocky Mountains is a chance to explore their fledging late-in-life relationship. But trouble interferes when the pair run into Paul's estranged...
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  • Unreasonable Doubt
    What would it be like to return to your hometown after twenty-five years in prison for a crime you have maintained you did not commit? And why would you return? Walter Desmond is back in Trafalgar, British Columbia, having been officially exonerated when new evidence showed corruption at worst, incompetence at best, by the Trafalgar City Police running the investigation....
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  • Winter of Secrets
    Siblings Wendy and Jason Wyatt-Yarmouth and their friends have come to the peaceful mountain town of Trafalgar, B.C. to enjoy a two-week vacation of skiing, drinking, drugs, and sex. But tragedy strikes when two of the group crash through the ice into the frozen river. It's Christmas Eve and the snowstorm of the decade has settled over the town. Constables...
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Book Details

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ISBN: 9781590587904

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 November 2010

Country: United States

Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Having taken early retirement from her job as a systems analyst in the high-pressure financial world, Vicki Delany is settling down to the rural life in bucolic Prince Edward County, Ontario, where she rarely wears a watch. A Cold White Sun is the sixth mystery in her Constable Molly Smith series. www.vickidelany.com

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