Down Country

<p>Rachel Tile---described by Rick Blechta award-winning author of the Pratt & Ellis Mysteries as an out-of-the-ordinary protagonist who thinks too much ... and not enough--- is back! This time she's investigating a university colleague who's wildly successful in securing research grants to study organized crime but who may be doing a little bit more than just writing about it. The trail leads her to the infamous Texas Killing Fields where she uncovers a tangled tale of deceit murder and misdirection and a colleague who may have sold his soul to the devil. </p><p></p><p>Tepperman draws on his long experience of academic life and his encyclopedic knowledge of sociology and criminology to craft a fast-moving mystery that takes the reader from Toronto to Texas and beyond. </p><p></p><p><strong>PRAISE FOR <em>DEADLY DONATION</em> THE FIRST RACHEL TILE MYSTERY </strong></p><p></p><p>A cracking good read! Lorne Tepperman keeps the pages turning. -Lars Osberg author of <em>The Age of Increasing Inequality: The Astonishing Rise of Canada's 1%</em></p><p></p><p>If you like 'whodunit' crime fiction in a Canadian (read Toronto) setting there is much to savour in this densely plotted saga. -Julian Tanner author of <em>Teenage Troubles</em></p><p></p><p>A powerful and mesmerizing gamble of a book seen with the wise eye of a master observer! -Murray Pomerance author of <em>A King of Infinite Space</em></p><p></p><p>Deadly Donation is much more than a whodunit. It is a thoughtful meditation on truth consequences character and life's meaning. -Michael Adams author of <em>Sex in the Snow</em> and <em>Fire and Ice</em></p><p></p><p>Lorne Tepperman a retired academic draws on years of experience studying crime gambling and family relations in crafting this neo-<em>noir</em> thriller. -Rosemary Gartner co-editor of <em>The Oxford Handbook of Gender Sex and Crime</em></p>