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Also by Jeannette de Beauvoir:

Deadly Jewels, March 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
Asylum, March 2015
Hardcover / e-Book

Asylum
Jeannette de Beauvoir

Minotaur Books
March 2015
On Sale: March 10, 2015
Featuring: Julian Fletcher; Martine LeDuc
320 pages
ISBN: 1250045398
EAN: 9781250045393
Kindle: B00MSYOCNC
Hardcover / e-Book
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Mystery Woman Sleuth | Thriller

Martine LeDuc is the director of PR for the mayor's office in Montreal. When four women are found brutally murdered and shockingly posed on park benches throughout the city over several months, Martine's boss fears a PR disaster for the still busy tourist season, and Martine is now also tasked with acting as liaison between the mayor and the police department.

The women were of varying ages, backgrounds and bodytypes and seemed to have nothing in common. Yet the macabre presentation of their bodies hints at a connection. Martine is paired with a young detective, Julian Fletcher, and together they dig deep into the city's and the country's past, only to uncover a dark secret dating back to the 1950s, when orphanages in Montreal and elsewhere were converted to asylums in order to gain more funding.

The children were subjected to horrific experiments such as lobotomies, electroshock therapy, and psychotropic medication, and many of them died in the process. The survivors were supposedly compensated for their trauma by the government and the cases seem to have been settled. So who is bearing a grudge now, and why did these four women have to die?

Not until Martine finds herself imprisoned in the terrifying steam tunnels underneath the old asylum does she put the pieces together. And it is almost too late for her...

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Re: Asylum

Ah, Jeannette!! Here I was going to tell you in my comments that you should get a job with the Mayor's office, since you do such a good job pitching the fine points about Montreal, that I was ready to grab my purse, and run out the door for the car!! Then I read the synopsis about the book, and went - oops!! Maybe you don't want that job!! lol Montreal sounds like a wonderful place to visit, and your book sounds like a great read. I think I'll start with your book, and save my pennies, so that I can really enjoy your City and all it has to offer. Thank you for coming here today, and letting us know about your part of the world, as well as your book. I'll be looking forward to both!!
(Peggy Roberson 11:40am August 9, 2015)