A Lethal Lesson
A Lethal Lesson by Iona Whishaw is a mystery novel published by TouchWood Editions on April 27, 2021. This edition, written in English and spanning 448 pages, follows Lane Winslow as she transitions from crime solving to substitute teaching in the Kootenays. After a blizzard disrupts the local school, Lane discovers a troubling scene at the teachers’ cottage, leading her to assist in unraveling the mystery surrounding the disappearance of one teacher and the alarming condition of another.
In this installment of the series, readers will find Lane navigating her new role while uncovering clues that complicate the case, including a threatening note and a hidden revolver. The narrative intertwines her investigation with the challenges faced by Inspector Darling and his team, who are dealing with a hit-and-run victim and the dynamics of their small community. With elements of cozy mystery and amateur sleuthing, A Lethal Lesson presents a blend of suspense and local intrigue, inviting readers to piece together the puzzle alongside Lane.
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Shortlisted for the 2022 BC and Yukon Book Prizes’ Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award
An Indigo Top 10 Best Mystery of 2021
A Globe and Mail bestseller
#1 Bestselling New Release in Canada
Lane Winslow trades crime solving for substitute teaching in the eighth installment of this mystery series that Kirkus Reviews calls “riveting”.
Back home in the Kootenays after her Arizona honeymoon, Lane offers her assistance when neither the outgoing teacher, Rose, nor her replacement, Wendy, show up at the local schoolhouse one blizzardy Monday in December. But when she finds the teachers’ cottage ransacked with Rose unconscious and bleeding, and Wendy missing, Lane delivers Rose to the hospital in Nelson and turns the case over to her exasperated husband, Inspector Darling, and his capable colleagues, Sergeant Ames and Constable Terrell.
Never one to leave a post unmanned, Lane enlists as substitute teacher for the final two weeks before the Christmas holidays, during which time she discovers a threatening note in the teachers’ desk and a revolver in the supply cupboard. But these clues only convolute the case further. Who has been tormenting these women, and where has Wendy gone?
Meanwhile, Darling finds the body of a hit-and-run victim in a snowbank miles outside of Nelson, the residents of King’s Cove are preoccupied by the possibility of a new neighbour, and Sergeant Ames is as confused as ever by the inimitable Tina Van Eyck.
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