It is the summer of 1994 and the major-league baseball players have taken their balls and bats and gone home. With no beat to cover, sportswriter Kate Henry finds herself with rare time off to relax at home in Toronto's east end. But all is not tranquil in the neighbourhood. Anti-abortion protesters are picketing the house of a doctor who lives down the block. The papers are full of controversy over the police shooting of a joy-riding black teen, and Kate's lover, homicide detective Andy Munro, is shot in an incident which ...
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It is the summer of 1994 and the major-league baseball players have taken their balls and bats and gone home. With no beat to cover, sportswriter Kate Henry finds herself with rare time off to relax at home in Toronto's east end. But all is not tranquil in the neighbourhood. Anti-abortion protesters are picketing the house of a doctor who lives down the block. The papers are full of controversy over the police shooting of a joy-riding black teen, and Kate's lover, homicide detective Andy Munro, is shot in an incident which only fuels the outcries of police racism. While Andy recuperates, Kate has more than a cranky patient to deal with: Maggie, the homeless woman who has been living in the laneway behind Kate's house, suddenly vanishes. The police are indifferent, and Kate, prodded by the concern of her tenant's son, T.C., begins a hunt of her own. Her search takes her to corners of her neighbourhood she's never had reason to explore, from a women's drop-in centre to a seedy adult-video shop, and she gradually learns about Maggie's unlikely and disturbing past. A brutal murder links that past to the present and ultimately engages Kate in a daring, potentially dangerous, investigation. Alison Gordon's clever plotting, fast-paced dialogue, and deft characterization spark with energy. The background setting of Toronto's Riverdale district - the trendy aspects as well as the darker side - teems with life. "Striking Out "places Alison Gordon in the front ranks of Canadian crime fiction writers.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book First edition, hardcover. 271 pages. Fine unread in a fine dust jacket. Protective mylar cover on jacket. A Kate Henry mystery.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0771034237. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Inscribed and Dated By Author to previous owner on title page.; First Cdn printing. Inscribed by the author on title page: "For Joe, thanks for not asking what it was really like...". D/j very good except for two punctures near top front of d/j and four on back near top (these are from where some idiot had put staples into the d/j). Soiling on bottom edge of text block.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Signed by Author.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0771034237. Flat signed by author on title page. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery.; Part of the "Kate Henry" series. D/j has tiny bump at one corner near front/bottom/spine, otherwise fine.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Signed by Author.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition first printing of the fourth novel in the Kate Henry series. In fine / fine condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 240 p. Audience: General/trade.
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