Giles Blunt: By The Time You Read This (USA 2008)

From the Publisher:
In Algonquin Bay, Detective John Cardinal suffers a devastating loss. He arrives at a grisly crime scene only to discover that the victim is his own wife, who left a suicide note at the scene. But when Cardinal begins to receive a series of threatening letters, he suspects that his wife may not have taken her own life -- and that there may be more to her suicide note than meets the eye.

While Cardinal takes time to grieve, his partner, Sargeant Lise Delorme, is investigating a high-profile sex crime involving a young girl whose abuse is being broadcast online -- and who appears to be a resident of Algonquin Bay. Things are heating up in this quiet, costal town as both Delorme and Cardinal find themselves tracking predators so diabolical that the accepted bounds of criminal justice no longer apply...

Giles Blunt: By The Time You Read This. St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 0312945485 (July, 2008), 341 p., $6.99.

Giles Blunt: By The Time You Read This (USA 2007)

From the Publisher:
Detective John Cardinal is on the hunt for an ingenious killer even as he mourns his own wife's tragic death in this thriller of heart-stopping suspense
Autumn has arrived in Algonquin Bay, and with it an unusual spate of suicides. The most shocking victim yet is Detective John Cardinal's wife, who has finally succumbed to her battle with manic depression. As Cardinal takes time to grieve, his partner, Lise Delorme, handles an unsavory assignment: a young girl appears in a series of unspeakable photos being traded online, and background elements indicate she lives in Algonquin Bay. Delorme is desperate to find the girl before she suffers more abuse.

When Cardinal receives a string of hateful anonymous notes about his wife's death, he begins to suspect homicide. His colleagues believe he is too distraught to think clearly, and he's forced to investigate alone. In doing so, he comes up against a brand of killer neither he -- nor the reader -- has ever seen before.

In his most masterful and thrilling novel yet, Giles Blunt confirms his reputation as a rising international star in crime fiction, and positions Detective John Cardinal among the finest characters in the genre.

Giles Blunt: By The Time You Read This. A Novel. Henry Holt & Co., ISBN: 0805080619 (February, 2007), 333 p., $19.95 (?).

Giles Blunt: The Fields of Grief (UK 2006)

From the Publisher:
CATHERINE CARDINAL IS DEAD. THE LONG FALL FROM A TALL BUILDING ENDED HER LIFE.
It seems to be suicide -- Catherine suffered from manic depression and there's even a note. But Detective John Cardinal thinks otherwise. Who better to know his own wife's state of mind, after all?

His friends and colleagues are less sure. Cardinal. consumed by grief and guilt, starts to dig. When strange notes appear, taunting him for his loss, his theory seems more credible. Then the investigation turns dramatically -- leading to a startling, shocking possibility. So shocking, it might never have been suspected.

And John Cardinal must hunt a murderer who may be unstoppable...

Giles Blunt: The Fields of Grief. HarperCollins, ISBN: 000715139X (November, 2006), 400 p., £6.99.

Giles Blunt: The Fields of Grief (UK 2006)

From the Publisher:
When John Cardinal's wife plummets to her death after losing her battle with depression, everyone is sure it is a tragic suicide-there's even a note. Everyone, that is, except Detective John Cardinal.

Stricken with grief and guilt, Cardinal launches his own investigation, helped by his reluctant colleagues. When mysterious notes appear, taunting him for his loss, his theory suddenly seems to be credible.

Cardinal revisits his past, searching for a possible suspect among his previous arrests. Someone with a grudge, a person twisted enough to target his innocent wife in revenge.

But when more mysterious suicides are discovered, the investigation takes a very different turn, leading to a startling new possibility - one so shocking, it has never been suspected.

Giles Blunt: The Fields of Grief. HarperCollins, ISBN: 0007151373 (September, 2006), 466 p., £18.99.