Death at the Falls

✍ Scribed by Rosemary Simpson

• Book ID: 112174067
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 196 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781496733375

✦ Synopsis

When newly minted lawyer Prudence MacKenzie and ex-Pinkerton Geoffrey Hunter travel to Niagara Falls on a mysterious assignment from Lady Rotherton, they quickly discover familiar dangers beyond the water's edge . . .

DEATH AT THE FALLS

October 1890: As Prudence and Geoffrey settle into the most elegant hotel in Canadian Niagara, they observe a popular tourist area torn between natural beauty and industrial power. Also attracting their attentions are the antics of daredevil Crazy Louie Whiting, determined to be the first person to navigate the falls without drowning. Shortly after their arrival, Crazy Louie sends a specially designed test barrel containing a sheep over the falls. But when the barrel is retrieved and opened, the battered body of a local Tuscarora Indian spills out.

When Geoffrey and Prudence learn of the dead man's suspicions about rampant bribery among greedy land developers and local officials, they...