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  • Published: 15 November 2005
  • ISBN: 9780099466581
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $22.99
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The Mysteries




An unusual and exquisitely-written murder mystery set in small town Ontario by Canadian talent Robert McGill.

Robert, a young traveller, finds himself in the small Ontario town of Sunshine, in the middle of a party at the town's wildlife park. A stranger he picked up on the way has given him a dirty yellow notebook and told him to give it to an Alice Pedersen. But Alice Pedersen disappeared two years ago.

Six months before Robert's arrival, human remains have been recovered from the local shoreline. Stoddart Fremlin has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Daniel Barrie, who was having an affair with Alice and who left for England immediately after her disappearance, has unexpectedly returned. At the same time, Rocket de Witt, one of the last people to see Alice alive, has left town. And amid all this, there is a tiger on the loose.

The mystery of Alice's disappearance slowly unravels, at the same time revealing the dark and murky secrets of the inhabitants of Sunshine.

  • Published: 15 November 2005
  • ISBN: 9780099466581
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $22.99
Categories:

About the author

Robert McGill

Robert McGill was born in 1976 in the small town of Wiarton, Ontario, and grew up there. He attended Queen's University and the University of Oxford before completing an MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. He returned to Canada in 2002 and now lives in Toronto. His first novel, The Mysteries, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2004.

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Praise for The Mysteries

Sculpted with a sensitive precision that belies the fact that this is McGill's first novel

Independent

Consummately well written

The Times

Tense, original and observant

Guardian

A writer of striking talent and originality

Daily Mail

A totally enjoyable read; truly gripping, quirky and moving

Time Out