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Fiction Crime

No Worst, There Is None

by (author) Eve McBride

Publisher
Dundurn Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2014
Category
Crime, Crime, Urban Life
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781459718654
    Publish Date
    Nov 2014
    List Price
    $22.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781459718678
    Publish Date
    Oct 2014
    List Price
    $9.99

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Description

2015 Arthur Ellis Award — Nominated, Best First Novel

A terrible tragedy tears a family apart.

In a serene city in the extravagant mid-eighties, the privileged Warne family is victimized when their talented and artistic eleven-year-old daughter Lizbett is sexually slain. How can any family endure such horror?

In an intimate exploration of grief, the surviving family members struggle with their mourning. Hildy, a loving but abused Great Dane, also in need of healing, joins the family and becomes part of their journey back to normalcy.

Meanwhile, the police search in vain for the murderer, Melvyn Searle, who is on his own journey, hiding in plain sight, feeling invincible, and hatching new plans as he draws closer to the family and stalks the Warnes’ younger daughter, Darcy.

A work that challenges our reason, our emotions, and our spirit, No Worst, There Is None is a novel inspired by real-life events.

About the author

A graduate in fine arts, Eve McBride has been a columnist with the Saturday Magazine of the Toronto Star and the Montreal Gazette. Prior to that she worked on CBCâ??s Morningside with Peter Gzowski and did editorials on CBC. She lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario.

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Awards

  • Short-listed, Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel

Editorial Reviews

Graphic, disturbing and gripping are just a few words that come to mind when discussing the debut novel from Eve McBride.

Northumberland News

[H]eart- and gut-wrenching reading . . .

Publishers Weekly