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McClelland & Stewart
October 2006
416 pages
ISBN: 077102715X
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An irresistible story of justice heading off the rails. Arthur Beauchamp, the scholarly, self-doubting legend of
the B.C. criminal bar (and one of Deverell’s most amiable —
and crafty — protagonists), is enjoying his retirement as
a hobbyist farmer on B.C.’s Garibaldi Island when he is
dragged back to court to defend an old client. Nick “the
Owl” Faloon, once one of the world’s top jewel thieves,
has been accused of raping and murdering a psychologist.
Beauchamp has scarcely registered how unlikely it is that
the diminutive Faloon has hurt anyone when his own
personal life takes an abrupt turn. His new wife, Margaret
Blake, organic farmer and environmental activist, has
taken up residence fifty feet above ground in a tree she
is determined to save for the eagles and from the loggers.
Beauchamp shuttles between Vancouver and the island, doing
what he can to save the tree and get his wife back — and
defend Faloon. Part courtroom thriller, part classic whodunit, April Fool
sees Deverell writing at the top of his form as he puts
these characters through some entertaining and very
surprising twists and turns.
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