The Rat Trap Murders

By (author): Maureen Foss

This intricate, sinister thriller takes place in a private geriatric hospital, where nurses and patients begin disappearing only to turn up in the local sewage system. Tense and dramatic, Maureen Foss’s narrative joins a unique cast of characters with an unforgettable plot of murder, mystery, suspense – and rats.When the hospital caretaker is found dead at the bottom of the sixth floor stairwell, Eugene Starbuck comes to the rescue – and to apply for the dead man’s job. The unsuspecting triplet brothers who own the facility are only too happy to have him: he works for next to nothing, lives in the furnace room where he can be on constant duty, and doesn’t mind emptying the rat traps stationed all over the hospital.Was Eugene’s sudden appearance completely coincidental, or was it all part of a gruesome and twisted plan? Some nurses and patients die, and circumstances point to Eugene. But catching him may be a trial in itself, as those who confront him mysteriously end up missing.

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Maureen Foss

Maureen Foss’s first novel, The Cadillac Kind, was published by Polestar in 1996. The zany masterpiece was serialized on CBC’s “Between the Covers.” Her second novel, The Rat Trap Murders, was published by Nightwood Editions. Maureen was born in New Westminster, BC, and now lives in Lac La Hache in the Cariboo.


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This intricate, sinister thriller takes place in a private geriatric hospital, where nurses and patients begin disappearing only to turn up in the local sewage system. Tense and dramatic, Maureen Foss’s narrative joins a unique cast of characters with an unforgettable plot of murder, mystery, suspense – and rats.When the hospital caretaker is found dead at the bottom of the sixth floor stairwell, Eugene Starbuck comes to the rescue – and to apply for the dead man’s job. The unsuspecting triplet brothers who own the facility are only too happy to have him: he works for next to nothing, lives in the furnace room where he can be on constant duty, and doesn’t mind emptying the rat traps stationed all over the hospital.Was Eugene’s sudden appearance completely coincidental, or was it all part of a gruesome and twisted plan? Some nurses and patients die, and circumstances point to Eugene. But catching him may be a trial in itself, as those who confront him mysteriously end up missing.

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Dimensions:

240 Pages
8in * 5.25in * 0.6in
0.61lb

Published:

October 25, 2000

Publisher:

Nightwood Editions

ISBN:

9780889711730

Book Subjects:

FICTION / Thrillers / General

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Language:

eng

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