Death of a Hired ManDeath of a Hired Man
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Book, 2001
Current format, Book, 2001, 1st ed, All copies in use.Book, 2001
Current format, Book, 2001, 1st ed, All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsEric Wright, author of the highly acclaimed Charlie Salter novels, introduced readers to Mel Pickett in Buried in Stone when Pickett helped the police solve a bake-shop murder. In his newest adventure, Mel Pickett, a retired police officer from Toronto, once again becomes involved in police work when a body is discovered in the cabin that he owns.
The day shift at the Ontario Provincial Police Station had just come on duty when they received a disturbing phone call--a homicide in a log cabin on Larch River. Sergeant Wilkie fears it's Mel Pickett who has been killed and is almost relieved when he sees that the victim is Norbert Thompson, a local "hired man" who had been renting Pickett's cabin. Just as Wilkie starts looking for a motive, Pickett arrives in town and learns of the murder. His immediate though is, was he the intended victim?
Sergeant Wilkie and ex-Sergeant Pickett pursue their investigations separately, but each keeps a watchful eye on the other. Wilkie's lead brings him to rural Ontario, where Thompson used to work as a "hired man" on his brother's farm. Pickett looks for the killer among all the violent men who have threatened to get him as they were led off to jail. Will they be able to catch the killer before he or she strikes again?
In his newest adventure, Mel Pickett, a retired police officer from Toronto, once again becomes involved in police work when a body is discovered in the cabin that he owns.
The day shift at the Ontario Provincial Police station has just come on duty when they receive a call: a homicide at Mel Pickett's log cabin on Larch River. Sergeant Wilkie is relieved to find that the victim is not Mel but Norbert Thompson, a local "hired man" who had been renting Pickett's cabin. Just as Wilkie starts looking for a motive, Pickett arrives in town and learns of the murder. His immediate thought is, Was he the intended victim?
Sergeant Wilkie and ex-Sergeant Pickett pursue their investigations separately, but each keeps a watchful eye on the other. Wilkie's lead brings him to rural Ontario, where Thompson used to work as a hired man on his brother's farm. Pickett looks for the killer among all the violent men who have threatened to get by him as they were led off to jail. Will they be able to catch the killer before he or she strikes again.?
Retired Toronto cop Mel Pickett investigates when Norbert Thompson, the young man he hired to take care of his cabin in Larch River, turns up dead in the cabin. By the author of Buried in Stone.
Retired Toronto cop Mel Pickett investigates when Norbert Thompson, the young man he hired to take care of his cabin in Larch River, turns up dead in the cabin.
The day shift at the Ontario Provincial Police Station had just come on duty when they received a disturbing phone call--a homicide in a log cabin on Larch River. Sergeant Wilkie fears it's Mel Pickett who has been killed and is almost relieved when he sees that the victim is Norbert Thompson, a local "hired man" who had been renting Pickett's cabin. Just as Wilkie starts looking for a motive, Pickett arrives in town and learns of the murder. His immediate though is, was he the intended victim?
Sergeant Wilkie and ex-Sergeant Pickett pursue their investigations separately, but each keeps a watchful eye on the other. Wilkie's lead brings him to rural Ontario, where Thompson used to work as a "hired man" on his brother's farm. Pickett looks for the killer among all the violent men who have threatened to get him as they were led off to jail. Will they be able to catch the killer before he or she strikes again?
In his newest adventure, Mel Pickett, a retired police officer from Toronto, once again becomes involved in police work when a body is discovered in the cabin that he owns.
The day shift at the Ontario Provincial Police station has just come on duty when they receive a call: a homicide at Mel Pickett's log cabin on Larch River. Sergeant Wilkie is relieved to find that the victim is not Mel but Norbert Thompson, a local "hired man" who had been renting Pickett's cabin. Just as Wilkie starts looking for a motive, Pickett arrives in town and learns of the murder. His immediate thought is, Was he the intended victim?
Sergeant Wilkie and ex-Sergeant Pickett pursue their investigations separately, but each keeps a watchful eye on the other. Wilkie's lead brings him to rural Ontario, where Thompson used to work as a hired man on his brother's farm. Pickett looks for the killer among all the violent men who have threatened to get by him as they were led off to jail. Will they be able to catch the killer before he or she strikes again.?
Retired Toronto cop Mel Pickett investigates when Norbert Thompson, the young man he hired to take care of his cabin in Larch River, turns up dead in the cabin. By the author of Buried in Stone.
Retired Toronto cop Mel Pickett investigates when Norbert Thompson, the young man he hired to take care of his cabin in Larch River, turns up dead in the cabin.
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