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Title: The Delicate Storm
by Giles Blunt
ISBN: 0-399-14865-5
Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
Pub. Date: 29 May, 2003
Format: Hardcover
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $24.95
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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (6 reviews)

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Rating: 5
Summary: A Flawed, Complex Cop and Secrets from the Past
Comment: A warm front had moved into the northern Canadian town of Algonquin Bay on the day Ivan Bergeron's dog brought home a human arm, something Detective John Cardinal really didn't need in his life at this time, because he's got a lot on his plate, like dealing with his irascible father's deteriorating health, the impending release from prison of the drug dealer he'd stolen two hundred thousand dollars from and a tall tale from Robert Henry Hewitt - better known as Wudky, the World's Dumbest Criminal - about the murder of a local trapper who turns out to be alive and well. However he can't ignore the arm and a search turns up the rest of the corpse, well most of it, as the body had been doubling as bear food. Still the bears didn't do in the victim, so Cardinal has a real murder on his hands.

Cardinal and and his partner Detective Lise Delorme, trace the remains to an American tourist ostensibly in town to check out the ice fishing. Now, because the dead guy was an American the case turns into sort of jurisdictional mess, then Cardinal is attacked, but by who?

Meanwhile, Delorme is working on her own case - Dr. Winter Cates, a new arrival to Algonquin Bay - has gone missing and when he turns up in the woods naked and dead, the detectives realize their cases must be connected and during the course of the investigation they wind up digging in past, unearthing the dirty affair of a failed kidnapping and murder by members of the FLQ in the '60s.

The Delicate Storm is a fascinating story that incorporates one of the most terrifying times of Canadian history. There are twists and turns a plenty, complex characters and an ending you won't easily forget.

Sophie Cacique Gaul

Rating: 2
Summary: Good writing, no resolution
Comment: An interesting series of events happen to the protagonist, a storm hits, a computer identifies the bad guy and the bad guy disappears. While the writing is well done,and the characters nicely developed, the story is less about the crime and catching the criminal than it is about the detective's day to day life. The plot involves an ice storm for no apparent reason, and the ending leaves no clue as to the whereabouts of the bad guy. It reads like a set up for a sequal. The unsatisfactory plot & ending rates a low 2 stars.

Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent mystery thriller
Comment: This second adventure of detectives John Cardinal and Lise Delorme is a welcome addition to the series. Author Blunt has created a believalbe, worldly set of characters who are able to keep the action going while dealing with their own personal problems. Although this is one of those stories that grab you at the beginning and keep you reading through the night, it is not a mindless escapade in non-stop thrills, but just a very good story about detectives searching for the truth and their lives outside of the station house. I especially like the setting. The small, rural town locale in Canada seems to add to the suspense. It is a welcome diversion to read about someplace other than the huge metropolitan US cities where most novels seem to take place. Cardinal and Delorme are interesting, entertaining characters who complement each other perfectly. I can't wait for the third novel in this series.

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