THE DEAD LETTER SYNOPSIS
It is 2001 and the police
constable's girlfriend is murdered in a fit of jealous rage. When the constable
realizes what he has done, he manages an elaborate cover-up. Only one person
knows the truth. Flash forward to 2012. Anne Brown is still running her late
uncle, Bill Darby's, detective agency after spending four or five years as his
assistant. One day, the postman delivers an eleven year-old letter. The letter
is addressed to her uncle from a woman named Carolyn Jollimore. She says she
has evidence about a murder and begs for help from Darby. But Bill Darby is
dead. And when Anne looks up the letter's author, she finds that Jollimare too
is now dead. Troubled with the evidence at hand, Anne must decide if she should
investigate this eleven-year old murder.
PURCHASE
ABOUT THE
AUTHOR
After he returned to civilian life, he worked as a free-lance writer, p.r. consultant, and photographer and became public relations director at International Correspondence Schools.
In the 70’s he received an M.A. from the University of Ottawa and a B.Ed. from the University of Prince Edward Island. For many years he taught English literature at high school and writing courses at university. He has also worked as a truck driver, labourer, carpenter, boat builder, and deckhand aboard commercial fishing vessels and passenger ferries.
During his writing career he published numerous magazine and newspaper articles, poetry, and short stories in Canada and the U.S. He produced a mini-series for CBC Radio and has given numerous poetry readings.
He authored three books: New Maritime Writing, Square Deal Pub., Charlottetown, PE; A View from the Bridge, Montague, PE; and The Reluctant Detective, The Acorn Press, Charlottetown, PE.
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