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April Fool

An Arthur Beauchamp Novel

By: William Deverell

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Paperback | 19 September 2017

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440 Pages

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22.86 x 15.24 x 2.79

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A new edition of the Arthur Ellis Award winning crime novel

"April Fool thrusts itself brashly into the reader's psyche like a lumber-jacketed logger at a black-tie affair. Ruggedly individualistic, demanding, and determined, its characters are shrewdly etched and realistically rendered." -- Globe and Mail

Arthur Beauchamp, the scholarly, self-doubting legend of the B.C. criminal bar, is enjoying his retirement on B.C.'s Garibaldi Island when he is dragged back to court to defend an old client. Nick "The Owl" Faloon, one of the world's top jewel thieves, has been accused of raping and murdering a psychologist. Beauchamp has scarcely registered how unlikely it is that the rascally Faloon could commit a savage murder when his own personal life takes an abrupt turn. His new wife, Margaret Blake, organic farmer and environmental activist, has taken up residence 50 feet above ground in a tree of an old-growth forest that she is determined to save for the eagles and from the loggers. Beauchamp shuttles between Vancouver and the island, doing what he can to defend Faloon, save the forest, and rescue his wife. Part courtroom thriller, part classic whodunit, April Fool sees Deverell writing at the top of his form.

Whether you're encountering Arthur Beauchamp for the first time or have followed him from his first case, April Fool will entertain as it keeps you turning the pages.

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“April Fool thrusts itself brashly into the reader’s psyche like a lumber-jacketed logger at a black-tie affair. Ruggedly individualistic, demanding and determined, its characters are shrewdly etched and realistically rendered.” — Globe and Mail

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