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constantreader471's review
4.0
4 solid stars
This is book 4 in the B.C. Blues crime series. I recommend reading them in order, as there is a developing thread concerning a secret that Cal Dion, RCMP constable is hiding. Each of the 4 books reveals a little more of the secret.
The main plot of this book is a car crash originally written off as an accident on the British Columbia "Sea to Sky" highway or what the locals call the"Highway of Death" because of the number of accidents on the road. It is a mountain road with treacherous conditions in bad weather. A young constable, off duty at the time, happened upon the accident. Subsequently, he is shot at, but the shot misses. Then he is shot and left for dead, but survives. Now Sergeant Bosko of the GIS unit of the RCMP assigns Constable David Leith and Cal Dion to investigate along with other members of his team. More murders take place but the mystery is solved. There is a minor cliffhanger ending connected to the continuing thread.
While there are several murders, the violence is not graphic and I would say that this series is ok for cozy mystery fans.
Two quotes: "Leith glanced at the winter sky. In every place he had lived up to now, winter had brought snow. Snow was rare in the lower mainland, but rain was anything but."
Cal Dion reminiscing: "Memories were bittersweet, and it was the delineation that bothered him--the past so sweet, the future so bitter. The sea's scents and sounds, its wheeling gulls, it wide openness that suggested great power and endless possibilities, all closed to him now. The sea was a kind of background music to what had been the time of his life."
Thanks to Dundurn Press for sending me this book through NetGalley.
This is book 4 in the B.C. Blues crime series. I recommend reading them in order, as there is a developing thread concerning a secret that Cal Dion, RCMP constable is hiding. Each of the 4 books reveals a little more of the secret.
The main plot of this book is a car crash originally written off as an accident on the British Columbia "Sea to Sky" highway or what the locals call the"Highway of Death" because of the number of accidents on the road. It is a mountain road with treacherous conditions in bad weather. A young constable, off duty at the time, happened upon the accident. Subsequently, he is shot at, but the shot misses. Then he is shot and left for dead, but survives. Now Sergeant Bosko of the GIS unit of the RCMP assigns Constable David Leith and Cal Dion to investigate along with other members of his team. More murders take place but the mystery is solved. There is a minor cliffhanger ending connected to the continuing thread.
While there are several murders, the violence is not graphic and I would say that this series is ok for cozy mystery fans.
Two quotes: "Leith glanced at the winter sky. In every place he had lived up to now, winter had brought snow. Snow was rare in the lower mainland, but rain was anything but."
Cal Dion reminiscing: "Memories were bittersweet, and it was the delineation that bothered him--the past so sweet, the future so bitter. The sea's scents and sounds, its wheeling gulls, it wide openness that suggested great power and endless possibilities, all closed to him now. The sea was a kind of background music to what had been the time of his life."
Thanks to Dundurn Press for sending me this book through NetGalley.
kbranfield's review against another edition
4.0
Flights and Falls by R.M. Greenaway is a perplexing police procedural that is set in British Columbia. Although this latest release is the fourth installment in the B.C. Blues Crime series, it can be read as a standalone. However, to fully understand an ongoing story arc, I recommend the previous novels as well.
Constables Dave Leith and JD Temple are investigating quite a few cases in this latest outing. Their first case is the puzzling car accident which resulted in death of a young woman. This investigation takes an interesting turn when two people who were at the scene become victims of two unrelated crimes. The first known victim is new officer Craig Gilmartin who was first shot at as he was walking down the street. Later that evening, he is shot in his own home and he is now in very serious condition in the hospital.
The next Good Samaritan has been reported missing by his wife and troubled RCMP officer Cal Dion stumbles across his body in the forest. Once Cal learns of the deceased connection to the fatal car crash, he does a little quiet investigating on his own and comes up with an unusual theory about the cause of the accident. He takes his suspicions to Leith who is skeptical but knows he cannot discount Dion's hypothesis. In the course of this leg of the investigation, JD becomes a mentor to Dezi Novak, a young woman who was also at the scene of the accident.
Since he is trying to maintain a low profile around his former co-workers and boss Sergeant Mike Bosko, Cal reluctantly lends a hand to the investigations. He is aware that Bosko has his suspicions about the circumstances surrounding the car accident that left Cal with a traumatic brain injury and killed Dion's friend and fellow officer. Cal is reaching the end of his mandatory counseling and he is experiencing regret over the decisions he made following the accident. More troublesome are his concerns that a witness from that fateful night will come forward and provide details about the events that occurred before the crash. Unbeknownst to Cal, Bosko might be about to put the pieces together with the help of someone who is finally ready to reveal what promises to be damning information. Is Dion's house of cards about to come crashing down?
Flights and Falls is a complex and multi-layered mystery that slowly comes together over the course of the investigation. Leith and Temple are in the forefront for the search for the truth how these three cases are linked. However, Dion's flashes of brilliance are crucial to solving the crimes. R.M. Greenaway pulls all of the disparate threads of the three cases together during the novel's twist-filled conclusion.
Although the current mysteries are completely wrapped up, Cal's fate once again hangs in the balance. A fantastic addition to B.C. Blues Crime series which will leave readers impatiently awaiting the next release.
Constables Dave Leith and JD Temple are investigating quite a few cases in this latest outing. Their first case is the puzzling car accident which resulted in death of a young woman. This investigation takes an interesting turn when two people who were at the scene become victims of two unrelated crimes. The first known victim is new officer Craig Gilmartin who was first shot at as he was walking down the street. Later that evening, he is shot in his own home and he is now in very serious condition in the hospital.
The next Good Samaritan has been reported missing by his wife and troubled RCMP officer Cal Dion stumbles across his body in the forest. Once Cal learns of the deceased connection to the fatal car crash, he does a little quiet investigating on his own and comes up with an unusual theory about the cause of the accident. He takes his suspicions to Leith who is skeptical but knows he cannot discount Dion's hypothesis. In the course of this leg of the investigation, JD becomes a mentor to Dezi Novak, a young woman who was also at the scene of the accident.
Since he is trying to maintain a low profile around his former co-workers and boss Sergeant Mike Bosko, Cal reluctantly lends a hand to the investigations. He is aware that Bosko has his suspicions about the circumstances surrounding the car accident that left Cal with a traumatic brain injury and killed Dion's friend and fellow officer. Cal is reaching the end of his mandatory counseling and he is experiencing regret over the decisions he made following the accident. More troublesome are his concerns that a witness from that fateful night will come forward and provide details about the events that occurred before the crash. Unbeknownst to Cal, Bosko might be about to put the pieces together with the help of someone who is finally ready to reveal what promises to be damning information. Is Dion's house of cards about to come crashing down?
Flights and Falls is a complex and multi-layered mystery that slowly comes together over the course of the investigation. Leith and Temple are in the forefront for the search for the truth how these three cases are linked. However, Dion's flashes of brilliance are crucial to solving the crimes. R.M. Greenaway pulls all of the disparate threads of the three cases together during the novel's twist-filled conclusion.
Although the current mysteries are completely wrapped up, Cal's fate once again hangs in the balance. A fantastic addition to B.C. Blues Crime series which will leave readers impatiently awaiting the next release.
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