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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Gray, John, 1946-     Subjects     Nannies -- Crimes against -- Fiction.     Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.     Race relations -- Fiction.     Nineteen twenties -- Fiction.     Vancouver (B.C.) -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gray, John, 1946-       by title:      The white angel / Jo...       by call number:      FICTION GRA     Search the Web     Gray, John, 1946-     Nannies -- Crimes against -- Fiction.     Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.     Race relations -- Fiction.     Nineteen twenties -- Fiction.     Vancouver (B.C.) -- Fiction.       MARC Display

The white angel / John MacLachlan Gray. by Gray, John, 1946- Douglas & McIntyre, c2017. Call #: FICTION GRA Subjects Nannies -- Crimes against -- Fiction.   Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.   Race relations -- Fiction.   Nineteen twenties -- Fiction.   Vancouver (B.C.) -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781771621465 (hc.) Description:  296 p. ; 24 cm. Summary:  "Vancouver is in an uproar over the death by gunshot of a Scottish nanny, Janet Stewart. An almost deliberately ham-handed police investigation has Constable Hook suspecting a cover-up. The powerful United Council of Scottish Societies is demanding an inquiry. The killing has become a political issue with an election not far away. The city is buzzing with rumours. Miss Stewart's fellow nannies have accused the Chinese houseboy of murder, capitalizing on a wave of anti-Chinese propaganda led by the Asian Exclusion League and enthusiastically supported by the sensational press--not to mention the Ku Klux Klan, which has taken up residence in upperclass Shaughnessy. The White Angel is a work of fiction inspired by the cold case of Janet Smith, who, on July 26, 1924, was found dead in her employer's posh Shaughnessy Heights mansion. A dubious investigation led to the even more dubious conclusion that Smith died by suicide. After a public outcry, the case was re-examined and it was decided that Smith was in fact murdered; but no one was ever convicted, though suspects abounded--from an infatuated Chinese houseboy to a drug-smuggling ring, devil-worshippers from the United States, or perhaps even the Prince of Wales. For Vancouver, the killing created a situation analogous to lifting a large flat rock to expose the creatures hiding underneath. An exploration of true crime through a literary lens, The White Angel draws an artful portrait of Vancouver in 1924 in all its opium-hazed, smog-choked, rain-soaked glory--accurate, insightful and darkly droll."--From publisher. Genre:  Mystery fiction Canadian fiction Holds:  2   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Mystery Fiction FICTION GRA Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Bedford Public Library Adult Mystery Fiction FICTION GRA Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Adult Mystery Fiction FICTION GRA Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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