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A Killing Climate: The Collected Mystery Stories
A Killing Climate The Collected Mystery Stories Author:Eric Wright COLD KILLINGS!!! Eric Wright, the creator of Superintendent Charlie Salter of the Metropolitan Toronto Police, is one of Canada�s most honored mystery writers. The Crime Writers of Canada have recognized his work with four Arthur Ellis Awards � two for Best Novel and two for Best Short Story. A Killing Climate contains all of Eric Wright�s ... more »short stories in the mystery field, including a locked-room mystery ("An Irish Jig"), espionage in the Far North ("Caves of Ice"), a comic caper story ("Two in the Bush"), and other exercises in ingenuity, character, and atmosphere. Many of the stories are set near Canada�s Hudson Bay area, but a few (especially "Hephaestus" with its Caribbean vactioners) are in more temperate regions. The book concludes with the first short tale about Charlie Salter, a novella, "The Lady of Shalott," written especially for this volume. New introduction by the author, and a checklist of Eric Wright�s mystery novels and stories. Cover painting by Native American artist Barbara Mitchell. Cover design by Deborah Miller.« less