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Melanie McGrath is an award-winning writer and journalist. Here she collects together fiction, nonfiction and some journalism written over the last decade or so and writes her blog... href="https://twitter.com/mcgrathmj" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false">Follow @mcgrathmj</a>
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The Boy in the Snow published October 2012
(3 November 2012 in US) When Arctic guide Edie Kiglatuk stumbles across a boy's body in the Alaskan forest, she little imagines what her discovery will lead her to. With the local police convinced the death is linked to the Dark Believers, a sinister offshoot of the Russian Orthodox Church, Edie's friends insist she leave the investigation to the proper authorities. But remaining in the area as back-up for her ex-husband Sammy's bid to win the famous Iditarod dog sled race, Edie cannot get the frozen corpse out of her mind. While Sammy travels across some of the world's toughest and most deadly terrain, Edie sets off on an investigation which will take her into a dark world of sex, politics, corruption and greed - as a painful secret from her past finally catches up with her... IN THE UK BUY HERE: HARDCOVER EBOOK IN THE USA BUY HERE: HARDCOVER EBOOK What the reviews say: This is turning into a series that readers will want to follow with close attention Daily Express (click for full review) Outstanding...this affecting novel should melt even the most frozen human hearts Publishers Weekly McGrath adds an element of Inuit spirituality to this fast-moving mystery of corruption and cover-ups, meeting expectations established by the compelling series opener Booklist |
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Selected JournalismTravel
A girl's own African adventure Gift of the Gabon Reviews Bird Cloud by Annie Proulx The Stranger in the Mirror by Jane Shilling Doctoring the Mind:Why Psychiatric Treatments Fail by Richard Bentall General features Something's Wrong Melanie McGrath interviews Tracey Emin Falling from the Tree They have been walking, leaping and even sailing the planet for millions of years - but will the lemurs, man's long-lost cousins, survive the destruction of Madagascar's forests? The Witching Hour Witchcraft was outlawed in this country for the best part of a thousand years. But now, officially tolerated and with a new religion of their own, witches are flooding out of the broom closet. Call it magic, call it hocus-pocus, they say anyone can do it ... Full list of articles |
Events15 September 2011 Bouchercon International Mystery Festival, St Louis, Missouri, USA, 11.30am panel 'It Takes All Sorts' More information 24 September 2011 - Newcastle Macmillan Crime Scene Saturday 10am-4pm panels and workshops with MJ McGrath, MR Hall, LC Tyler and Ann Cleeves more information |
