Queen’s Park

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By (author): Garry Ryan

Detective Lane has a knack for discovering the whereabouts of missing persons&#46 But the city&#146s latest case has disappeared without a trace&#46 After a brutal attack on his young nephew&#44 ex&#45mayor Bob Swatsky has gone missing with 13 million dollars of tax&#45payers&#146 money&#46 Is he on the run with the cash&#44 or is it something more sinister&#63 A zany cast of characters&#44 including a love doll&#44 and a chain&#45smoking grandma with an oxygen tank&#44 lead Detective Lane on a thrilling romp through the streets of Calgary&#46

AUTHOR

Garry Ryan

Garry Ryan taught for a little over thirty years in Calgary Public Schools.In 2004, Garry published his first Detective Lane novel, Queen’s Park. The second, The Lucky Elephant Restaurant, won a 2007 Lambda Literary Award. He has since published four more titles in the series: A Hummingbird Dance, Smoked,Malabarista and Foxed. In 2009, Ryan was awarded Calgary’s Freedom of Expression Award. Blackbirds, his second series, was published in 2012.