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category: Fiction
published: Mar 2012
ISBN:9781927129036
publisher: TouchWood Editions

The Vanishing Track

by Stephen Legault

tagged: hard-boiled
Description

While trying to help those evicted from the Lucky Strike, a low-rent hotel in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Cole Blackwater and his best friend Denman Scott discover that homeless people in the area are disappearing without a trace. Working with news reporter Nancy Webber and street nurse Juliet Rose to solve the missing persons case, Cole and Denman venture into the dark corners of the city's underworld. Soon they find themselves in the midst of a dangerous cabal of city officials, high-ranking cops, condo developers, and crime bosses.

 

Tackling the real big-city issues of housing shortages, political corruption, and murder, The Vanishing Track is the third Cole Blackwater Mystery and the most compelling yet.

 

"The best in the Cole Blackwater series." —The Globe and Mail

 

"A brutally honest look at life on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. A really great read." —Senator Larry Campbell, co-author of A Thousand Dreams

About the Author

Stephen Legault has been a social and political activist for almost twenty years. He has founded or co-founded four conservation organizations, including a Canadian conservation group (Wildcanada.net) and has worked with various groups and associations across North America. He also has written for numerous magazines and journals on the subjects of activism and conservation. Currently he is helping ethically driven businesses create consumer activists around the issues of climate change, wilderness, waste and fair trade. He lives in Victoria, BC Canada.

Editorial Reviews

[The] best in the Cole Blackwater series. —The Globe and Mail


Even though the source material lends itself to preaching and moralizing, Legault wisely sticks to telling a good story. The Vanishing Track made me want to track down the first two Cole Blackwater books and, even better, has me curious about what's next for him and his friends. —National Post


A brutally honest look at life on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. A really great read. —Senator Larry Campbell, co-author of A Thousand Dreams


The soul of The Vanishing Track is in the dialogue: it shapes the raw tension, exposes the layers of greed and cover-up . . . The portrayal is clear; the action sharp and brutal . . . The Cole Blackwater stories are among the most riveting today, and The Vanishing Track is the best yet in this intensely dramatic series. —The Hamilton Spectator

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