Product Description

The second and final Edwina Henderson mystery written by the late, much-loved “Bunny” Wright.

After years of working under someone else, Edwina “Eddie” Henderson has been promoted. She is now in charge of the RCMP detachment in Gibsons, B.C. -- a force of fifteen officers and two civilians. While she is busy sizing up her staff, a woman reports a theft, and then another reports a break-in. At first Eddie considers both complaints insignificant, even trivial. But as she and her new second-in-command begin to investigate, they are led into a dangerous confrontation with a stalker, obsessed with a woman who lives alone. His rage rapidly escalates, and he seems set to kill. Battling against the clock to find her man, Eddie can't shake the feeling that he may be closer than anyone suspects.

An intricately crafted story with a diverse cast of vividly portrayed characters, Menace is a gripping novel from one of Canada's most celebrated and best-loved mystery writers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #430664 in Books
• Published on: 2002-10-08
• Released on: 2002-10-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Unbound
• 288 pages

Amazon.ca
Menace, the final mystery by L.R. Wright, who'd won nearly every award available to Canadian mystery writers before her death in 2001, ranks among the finest by this genre-bending author. Earnest young social worker Rebecca Wilson brushes off a casual invitation for a date, and strange things start happening at her home. A speeding Lexus almost runs down senior citizen Olive Parfit, who suspects the incident might have been intentional. Neither woman realizes that she's caught the obsessive attention of a violent psychopath, but Sergeant Edwina (Eddie) Henderson links the occurrences, recognizing a potentially deadly pattern of stalking emerging in the sleepy town of Gibsons, British Columbia. She just has to figure out who is responsible before someone gets seriously hurt.

Wright became the first Canadian to win the prestigious Edgar Award for best mystery novel for The Suspect, the debut in a series that featured Karl Alberg, the head of the RCMP detachment on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast. She retired Alberg in Acts of Murder, and Menace is the second novel featuring Eddie Henderson, his capable replacement. As a locale Gibsons may be as Canadian as a beaver dam, but Wright avoids falling into clichés. She opts, as she often does, to stretch the boundaries of the murder mystery, in this case by writing a mystery in which the dead body comes almost as an afterthought. --Deirdre Hanna

Review
"L.R. Wright understands people and is extraordinarily adept at transporting her insights onto the printed page. Adding riches to riches, she writes with style and grace and is masterful at creating a terrific sense of dread."—Jonathan Kellerman

“Wright’s style is lyrical and lucid. Her characters are rich psychological portraits.” — The Gazette (Montreal)


From the Hardcover edition.

From the Back Cover
"L.R. Wright understands people and is extraordinarily adept at transporting her insights onto the printed page. Adding riches to riches, she writes with style and grace and is masterful at creating a terrific sense of dread."—Jonathan Kellerman

“Wright’s style is lyrical and lucid. Her characters are rich psychological portraits.” — The Gazette (Montreal)


From the Paperback edition.