Bidding, The

By (author): Bill Haugland

In 1972 a young girl is abducted and murdered. Montreal news reporter Ty Davis is drawn into a bizarre sequence of events when the body of the ten-year-old girl and the bodies of her kidnappers are found in a 19th century farmhouse in the Laurentian community of Saint Sauveur. Strange symbols on the floor, ancient words in a journal, and additional discoveries hint of something more than a child abduction gone wrong. Davis and his colleagues find themselves embroiled in a complex web of international conspiracy as their careers and lives are put in jeopardy.

AUTHOR

Bill Haugland

Bill Haugland was news anchor at Montreal’s largest English-language television station for twenty-six years. He is the author of three Ty Davis mysteries–Mobile 9, , and The Informants, and the short story collection After It Rains, nominated for the 2014 ReLit Awards. He lives in Alexandria, Ontario.


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Advance Praise for The Bidding: Haugland weaves a tale of international intrigue, even while he dishes up glimpses of a bygone era of broadcast journalism. I couldn’t put it down. –Lloyd Robertson

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In 1972 a young girl is abducted and murdered. Montreal news reporter Ty Davis is drawn into a bizarre sequence of events when the body of the ten-year-old girl and the bodies of her kidnappers are found in a 19th century farmhouse in the Laurentian community of Saint Sauveur. Strange symbols on the floor, ancient words in a journal, and additional discoveries hint of something more than a child abduction gone wrong. Davis and his colleagues find themselves embroiled in a complex web of international conspiracy as their careers and lives are put in jeopardy.

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Dimensions:

250 Pages
8.5in * 5.5in * 1in
1lb

Published:

May 15, 2011

Country of Publication:

CA

Publisher:

Vehicule Press

ISBN:

9781550653144

Book Subjects:

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General

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Language:

eng

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