About BC Books Online
BC Books Online was created for anyone interested in BC-published books, and with librarians especially in mind. We'd like to make it easy for library staff to learn about books from BC publishers - both new releases and backlist titles - so you can inform your patrons and keep your collections up to date.
Our site features print books and ebooks - both new releases and backlist titles - all of which are available to order through regular trade channels. Browse our subject categories to find books of interest or create and export lists by category to cross-reference with your library's current collection.
A quick tip: When reviewing the "Browse by Category" listings, please note that these are based on standardized BISAC Subject Codes supplied by the books' publishers. You will find additional selections, grouped by theme or region, in our "BC Reading Lists."
Description
A suspenseful mystery set on the Pacific Northwest coast about a pipeline conspiracy that pits the everyday working man against high-level government.,
When childhood best friends Ollie Swanson and Dougie Tarkenen commit larceny, they must keep it secret into their adult lives. Years later, Dougie turns up dead, apparently drowned in a canoe accident. Ollie is devastated. When he discovers that Dougie had made secret tapes that reveal extreme corruption at the highest levels of government, the circumstances around Dougie’s death become highly suspect, and the secret from their youth comes back to haunt Ollie. When Ollie’s life is threatened, he must figure out a way to protect himself and his family.
The Fourth Betrayal is a gritty, wry, and masculine exploration of what happens when bureaucratic greed and deception threaten the livelihoods of small coastal communities.
Editorial Reviews
"The quick pace and multiple plot twists will keep readers guessing right up to the last chapter." —BC Books for BC Schools
"A great read. Fun, smart, offbeat, and weirdly real." —Tzeporah Berman, Canadian environmental activist
"If you care about British Columbia, have a sense of humour and adventure, and a little bit of irony, this book is for you. Great characters living large, and close enough to the truth to be scary." —Bruce Hill, Project Director at Headwaters Initiative
"Writing in the style of an old-school, hardboiled detective tale set in the modern day, Burrows weaves a tale of love and loss, of friendship and fierce loyalty, and of corruption, conspiracy, and, yes, betrayal in the halls of power ... The Fourth Betrayal is not about a destination. It's about a journey, populated by colourful characters and dialogue, that may determine what the futurre holds for all of us. And it's defnitely a ride worth hopping abroad." —North Island Gazette
"Another gripping and entertaining page turner from Malcolm Island's environmental mystery master. Thoroughly enjoyable but with a disturbing ring of truth." —Claire Trevena, MLA for North Island, BC
"A great story . . . Burrows draws from his own experience and much of the narrative is based on historical truths. The betrayals he refers to are not far from the reality many of us lived, out on the water plying our trade." —Des Nobels, commercial fisherman
