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RAGGED LAKE

Ron Corbett

A Frank Yakabuski Mystery

Mysterious murders, a northern secret, and a buried past

While working one afternoon on the Northern Divide, a young tree-marker makes a grisly discovery: in a squatter's cabin near an old mill town, a family has been murdered. An army vet coming off a successful turn leading a task force that took down infamous biker criminals, Detective Frank Yakabuski arrives in Ragged Lake, a nearly abandoned village, to solve the family's murder. But no one is willing to talk. With a winter storm coming, Yakabuski sequesters the locals in the lodge, as he investigates the area with his two junior officers. Before long, he is fighting not only to solve the crime but also to stay alive and protect the few innocents left living in the desolate woods.

A richly atmospheric mystery with sweeping backdrops, explosive action, and memorable villains, RAGGED LAKE will keep you guessing — about the violent crime, the nature of family, history, and the secret deeds done long ago on abandoned frontiers.

Ron Corbett is an author, journalist, and broadcaster living in Ottawa. The author of seven non-fiction books, this is his first novel.

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[ TPB Polar 03/2020]
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Published 2017-10-01 by ECW Press

Comments

Shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award for First Crime Novel Read more...

Nominated for an Edgar Award 2018 for Best Paperback Original Read more...

Familiar ingredients rarely combined—a starkly etched natural setting, a gung-ho cop, a series of soulful flashbacks, a violent climax—are expertly blended and brought to a full rolling boil. Read more...

...well-crafted first foray into fiction ...It's a visceral, occasionally blood-soaked tale that unwinds slowly and provides a shocking conclusion. Corbett knows the North and its people. Both the danger and the stark beauty of the place ring true on every level.