NADINE  DOOLITTLE

2009 Arthur Ellis Shortlist for Best First Novel

The ice was clear that year. If there’d been snow Sara Wolesley might never have found her body. The girl’s name was Oralee Pelletier and she’d been missing for five months.

ISBN: 978-0-9937704-5-6

"A mixture of literature, mystery, and romance. The story soars thanks to Doolittle's elegant and poetic language..." MONTREAL REVIEW OF BOOKS

A driving rainstorm. A remote country home. And one killer.

Secrets, lies and hidden hates surface at a gathering of eight to celebrate Malcolm Driver—a successful author and former leader of a commune that had dissolved after a terrible tragedy. Hester Warnock, his ex-lover, returns to the scene of the crime, unravelling the secrets of seven suspects and drawing closer to the truth about herself.

“As with any good mystery, virtually everyone has something to hide ... tightly written and perfectly paced, we feel we are being swept along by the story like a fallen branch in a fast-flowing river of spring runoff." MONTREAL REVIEW OF BOOKS

Marlee Bremer claims her husband is a deviant. Trey Bremer insists it was only a game.

The truth of what really happened to Teresa Musgrave that day begins to unravel when an anonymous note arrives at the Stollerton Record. On the hunt for the big story that could save her career, Alvina Moon is caught up in a disturbing crime and the victim’s beautiful, troubled artist husband.

“But there’s a lot of personal drama, too. This story is a psychological thriller, as much about unraveling relationships and desperate people as it is about revisiting an old mystery.” MOJO FICTION

No serial killers. No psychopaths. It’s the one you thought you knew.

"Given her achievements here, Nadine Doolittle's name is one to watch for in the future." MYSTERIOUS REVIEWS