Early in the book, the reason for its title is made clear. Forty words for sorrow is the first novel in an excellent series by an accomplished writer. The new york times in the quiet canadian town of algonquin bay, a frozen body has been found in an abandoned mine shaft. Forty words for sorrow by giles blunt librarything. Apr 26, 2011 buy forty words for sorrow the john cardinal crime series book online at best prices in india on. It was cardinal whod kept the pine case open insisting she was no mere runaway and cardinal had been demoted to the burglary squad for his excessive zeal. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages.
Forty words for sorrow is a crime novel from canadian novelist giles blunt, and the first to feature his protagonists john cardinal and lise delorme. Buy forty words for sorrow the john cardinal crime series. Download forty words for sorrow and read forty words for sorrow online books in format pdf. With forty words for sorrow, a portrait of a string of murders in smalltown northern ontario, author giles blunt has delivered something canadian crime writers could hitherto never quite get right. Blunt had previous published one other novel, cold eye, but this was his first crime novel, and the first to be a critical and commercial success. Blunt has given our burgeoning true north mystery genre its primal scene. Missing since september, katie pine has finally been found, encased in a block of ice as if preserved in amber. Someone on the police force has been tipping off druglordcounterfeit creditcard kingpin kyle corbett about impending raids, and the brutalized body of katie pine, the first of three youngsters to go missing over the past year, has just been found embedded in a chunk of ice. Never mind about snow, cardinal mused, what people really need is forty words for sorrow. Tiny algonquin bay, north of everything except snow, unfortunately has attracted some problems from bigcity toronto. The fortysixth parallel may not be all that far north.
Reading this was an intensely emotional experience for me. Jan 02, 2002 forty words for sorrow was published in 2000 and i somehow missed it, although i have read most of the six books in the cardinal series. Thomas perry author of the butchers boy, death benefits, blood money, sleeping dogs, etc. When we first meet detective john cardinal in forty words for sorrow he is haunted by a criminal secret in his own past and hounded by a special investigation into corruption on the force. Blunt puts us in a small canadian town in the dead of winter and makes us feel the cold, then turns the cold into a metaphor for the destruction of young lives. A shake of the dark head, a shudder in the shoulders. Forty words for sorrow is brilliant one of the finest crime novels ive ever read. The screenplay adapted by aubrey nealon orphan black, saving hope, from the giles blunt bestseller and awardwinning novel forty words for sorrow, nicely captures the aura of the novel. Humane, intelligent and gripping, forty words for sorrow is a haunting journey into the human heart in all its complexities val mcdermid a fine debut that deserves to do well, and promises much from a talented new author jim driver, time out. Superbly paced, with fullyfleshed characters and utterly convincing police detail, forty words for sorrow is also a novel of place that transcends the genre. Jun 25, 2001 what people really need is forty words for sorrow, thinks det. Buy forty words for sorrow unabridged by blunt, giles, daniels, james isbn.
All around them the snow fell away in shades that ranged from bone white to charcoal gray and even in the dips and scallops of. Thus, this work turns into a refreshing canadian police. Read free book excerpt from forty words for sorrow by giles blunt, page 1 of 3. Forty words for sorrow was published in 2000 and i somehow missed it, although i have read most of the six books in the cardinal series. Buy forty words for sorrow new ed by giles blunt isbn. The story begins when the frozen body of yearold chippewa katie pine is discovered on one of the manitou islands near algonquin bay, ontario. A thriller and millions of other books are available for.
Dark, atmospheric and terrifying psychological serial killer thriller set in a freezing ontario winter, guaranteed to chill readers to the bone. This brooding tale of a search for a serial killer in rural ontario takes its title from the oftenquoted fact that eskimos have 40 words for snow. She is quickly identified as katie pine, a teenager who. Blunts insights into suffering and madness give his characters their true voice. Books similar to forty words for sorrow john cardinal and. Forty words for sorrow john cardinal, book 1 by giles blunt. Listen to forty words for sorrow audiobook by giles blunt, narrated by james daniels.
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