Accidental Deaths

“Icy, exhilarating comedy of murders…A cast of malcontents to cherish…Funny, pungent, exciting and original.” – Literary Review

A young woman is shot dead. Her boyfriend is the only witness but refuses to co-operate.

Then he too is tortured and murdered.

Hired by an ex-con with a bankroll almost as large as his desire for vengeance, pro hitman Frank Wright is determined to whack Parker no matter what the cost.

While Parker and Willows investigate the apparently motiveless shooting of a young woman whose suspiciously uncooperative boyfriend is the only witness, Frank gets set to make his move.

Then a second, even more bizarre murder takes place, and things get hotter than a muzzle blast …

Accidental Deaths is the fifth novel featuring Vancouver homicide detectives Jack Willows and Claire Parker.

Praise for Accidental Deaths:

“This is vintage Gough … seasoned with a strong sense of place and peppered with clever observations … escapist reading at its best.” – Gazette (Montreal)

“Icy, exhilarating comedy of murders…A cast of malcontents to cherish…Funny, pungent, exciting and original.” – Literary Review

“Start reading and you won’t put it down until the final page.” – Globe and Mail

“Tightly drawn…Grips like a snow tire.” — Saturday Telegraph

“Sweet potatoes and sour incompetence round off a kooky, double-stranded story.” – Sunday Times

“Dizzying action and a chilling array of heavies — Laurence Gough cranks up the tension to the top notch…Totally compulsive reading.” – Daily Post (U.K.)

Laurence Gough, who lives with his wife and two children in Vancouver, has written eleven Willows and Parker mysteries in addition to Accidental Deaths. Winner of an Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel from the Crime Writers of Canada; Death on a No. 8 Hook; Hot Shots, winner of an Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year; Serious Crimes; Fall Down Easy; Killers; Heartbreaker; Memory Lane; Karaoke Rap; Shutterbug; and Funny Money. His international thriller, Sandstorm, won the Author Award (fiction) from the Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Letters in 1991.

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