Vagagond Illusion

<p>When a body turns up beside the tracks in rural Winchester Detective Sergeant Henry Stafford braces for another long weekend cut short. But when Toronto police report a second death-an older vagrant found in a freight car from the same train-the coincidences become impossible to ignore.<br><br>As Stafford Detective Constable Randy Travers and rookie Margaret Fenshaw follow the evidence they uncover connections reaching from a Montreal tavern to a small-town shed-and to a man who appears alive but claims to remember nothing.<br><br>What begins as a straightforward investigation turns into a puzzle of mistaken identity fractured families and lost time. Between shifting truths and fragile loyalties Stafford must separate illusion from reality before tragedy repeats itself.<br>Vagabond Illusion is Book 5 in the DS Henry Stafford Mystery series-a sharp character-driven police procedural blending small-town humour human drama and the quiet complexities of life and loss in 1980s Ontario.<br><br>Readers who enjoy Louise Penny Giles Blunt and Maureen Jennings-smart character-driven mysteries set in familiar Canadian landscapes will enjoy DS Henry Stafford his family and his team.</p>