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River city

Farrow, John 1947- (author.).

Summary: "Set in Montreal, this is a prequel to the bestselling Cinq-Mars crime novels. On the night of the "Rocket Richard Riot" in 1955, the legendary Cartier Dagger is stolen from its protective glass in the Sun Life building. The dagger once belonged to the explorer Jacques Cartier. The same night, a man is found murdered with a dagger wound to his heart. Thirteen years later, Émile Cing-Mars is asked to continue the investigation. In the style of The Red Violin, the book follows the fate of an artefact over time - from the age of Cartier to the the Trudeau era."--Publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781443408325 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 1443408328 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: remote
    1 online resource
  • Publisher: [Toronto, Ontario] : HarperCollins Canada, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Prequel to City of ice and Ice Lake.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on online resource; title from EPUB title page (OverDrive viewed, January 30, 2014).
Subject: Murder -- Investigation -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Fiction
Daggers -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Fiction
Police -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Fiction
Riots -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Fiction
Montréal (Québec) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
Genre: Electronic books.

Electronic resources


Summary: "Set in Montreal, this is a prequel to the bestselling Cinq-Mars crime novels. On the night of the "Rocket Richard Riot" in 1955, the legendary Cartier Dagger is stolen from its protective glass in the Sun Life building. The dagger once belonged to the explorer Jacques Cartier. The same night, a man is found murdered with a dagger wound to his heart. Thirteen years later, Émile Cing-Mars is asked to continue the investigation. In the style of The Red Violin, the book follows the fate of an artefact over time - from the age of Cartier to the the Trudeau era."--Publisher.

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