The Red Heron (A Robyn Devara Mystery) (Signed) - Dudley, Karen

SIGNED BY KAREN DUDLEY on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; The Holbrook garden gnomes have come down with a case of itchy feet. Paris, Vienna, even the Serengeti - the gnomes have been vacationing everywhere, returning to their homes with photographs of their travels . But the gnomes aren't the only ones in need of a holiday. Woodrow consultants is in Holbrook to clean up an abandoned pesticide plant - a site that's supposed to be converted into a toxic waste treatment facility. But with fragile wetlands and heron colonies mere kilometres away, many of the town's residents oppose the project, including whoever's taking potshots at Robyn's co-workers with .22. Left out of the action because of a broken leg, Robyn has surreptitiously followed her co-workers to Holbrook where she is to rest and recover. The local garden gnome-nappings may have started as a harmless prank, but they quickly take a darker turn when a missing gnome shows up alongside the brutally murdered body of Richard DeSantis, an environmentalist with family connections to the waste treatment facility. Amidst looming controversy and long-buried secrets, Robyn begins to suspect everyone: a psychiatric patient with a history of violence, the victim's stepfather, a disturbed accountant, the faceless saboteur - ever her best friend's mother. Physically vulnerable and emotionally torn, Robyn struggles to find the killer - or killers. Too bad the gnomes aren't talking...
Near Fine
Soft cover
Ravenstone
1999
Winnipeg, MB