Fall from grace : murder in a small town
It's midsummer in British Columbia, and it's murderously hot. For Karl Alberg, that becomes more than a metaphor when he discovers a body on the beach, fresh from a fatal plunge into the icy, all-too-appealing waves. Back home in the town of Sechelt, where Alberg is the chief of police, it's clear that the heat is bringing out the crazies, most recently in the form of vandalism at a petting zoo whose owner is volatile enough to make Alberg yearn...