| International Standard Book Number |
9780593801000
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593801008
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593801024
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593801024
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| Personal Name |
Kempt, Malcolm, author.
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| Title Statement |
A gift before dying : a novel / Malcolm Kempt.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Imprint |
New York City : Crown, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
260 pages ; 25 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"In a gripping and hauntingly atmospheric novel set against the unforgiving landscape of the Arctic Circle, a disgraced police investigator discovers that his path to redemption is paved with ice-and blood"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Summary, Etc. |
After a botched high-profile murder investigation, Corporal Elderick Cole is exiled to the remote, rugged landscape of Nunavut, a vast territory in the Arctic Circle known for its untamed beauty, frigid temperatures, and endless winter nights. With his family having severed all ties, Cole waits out the result of a civil lawsuit alone--the wrong verdict could end what's left of his flailing career. His bleak existence takes a sinister turn when he discovers the hanging body of Pitseolala, a troubled Inuit girl whom he had sworn to protect. Her death dredges up demons he thought he'd buried along with the scars of a fractured marriage and the aching divide between him and his estranged daughter. As Cole's life unravels--and with it, the fragile thread of his investigation, he turns to Pitseolala's younger brother, Maliktu, a fellow outsider. It's then that Cole uncovers what binds them--a singular mission to find her killer. Against fierce backlash, Cole's overriding desire to redeem just one aspect of his otherwise failed life becomes an obsession--and he's willing to break every rule in his unyielding pursuit of justice and the smallest shred of redemption.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Murder Investigation Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Police Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Criminal investigation Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Inuit Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Nunavut Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Thrillers (Fiction)
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