When a man is murdered on the shores of Crooked Lake, easy-going Bart Bartowski sets aside work at his fly-in-fishing lodge to come to the aid of his childhood friend whose been accused of the crime. Tempted by a beautiful young cottager and beguiled by the murdered man’s wife, Bart is dogged by RCMP detectives who want him to stay out of what they consider an open and shut case. In his perilous pursuit of whodunit, Bart reveals the heart of a small town, taking a stab at its complacency and laying bare some of its juiciest moral dilemmas.

ISBN: 0-9739121-0-3

The Author...

Nelson Brunanski grew up in a town much like his fictional town, Crooked Lake. His prairie roots are much in evidence in his first work of fiction. As a young man, he headed for the coast, but his memories of small town life on the Prairies never left him. Brunanski received a B.A., B.Ed. and went on to a career teaching English. He won a mystery writers’ competition at the Festival of Words in Moose Jaw, SK (‘05). He spoke at the Shuswap Lake International Writers Festival in June. Brunanski is currently at work on a sequel called Frost Bite. He lives with his wife Carole Clement at Inspiration Cove, Victoria, BC Canada.