More than ten years after The Foulest Things murder and mayhem return to Ottawa in the highlyanticipated next installment of Amy Tectors acclaimed Dominion Archives Mystery seriesItamp8217s a stormy summer day when Ottawa coroner Dr Cate Spencer is called to the scene of an alleged suicide Inside a narrow vault in the Dominion Archivesamp8217 nitrate film storage facilitykept separate from the rest of the collection due to its dangerous combustibilityamp8212officers pressure Cate to rule the death a suicide When parts of the scene donamp8217t add up and a deliberately set spark threatens her life Cate suspects that this death might be a murder Cateamp8217s tough faamp231ade masks a deep compassion for the victims she examines Whether sheamp8217s looking for answers because of her dedication to justice or to distract herself from anguish over her brotheramp8217s recent death her inquiries plunge her into a world of military secrets contentious Indigenous protests and a seventyyearold mystery with deadly implications Will Cate manage to pull herself away from her scotch and grief to expose an explosive historic secret and solve a murder the police doubt even exists
