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MIKE MARTIN
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Mike Martin was born in Newfoundland on the East Coast of Canada and now lives and works in Ottawa, Ontario. He is a long-time freelance writer and his articles and essays have appeared in newspapers, magazines and online across Canada as well as in the United States and New Zealand. He is the author of Change the Things You Can: Dealing with Difficult People and has written a number of short stories that have published in various publications including Canadian Stories and Downhome magazine.
The Walker on the Cape was his first full fiction book and the premiere of the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series. Other books in the series include The Body on the T, Beneath the Surface, A Twist of Fortune and A Long Ways from Home.
A Long Ways from Home was shortlisted for the 2017 Bony Blithe Light Mystery Award as the best light mystery of the year. All that Glitters is his latest book in the series.
Master storyteller, Mike Martin, has created a singularly unique concept in The Sergeant Windflower Mystery Series by blending police procedures with Cree spiritual traditions. The series abounds with life lessons. He has cleverly crafted an elaborately complex series wisely presenting a myriad of human foibles and the challenges faced by his protagonist. Winston Windflower, a recently retired RCMP Sergeant struggles to find fulfillment in his new role as community safety officer for Grand Bank.
In the heart-pounding thriller "Better Safe than Sorry," the picturesque streets of Newfoundland turn deadly as a sinister drug, dubbed the Green Monster, grips the community in fear. Acting RCMP Inspector Eddie Tizzard is short-handed and pleads with Superintendent Ron Quigley to send reinforcements. Quigley calls on the recently retired Sergeant Winston Windflower for help.
In a bizarre twist, an unidentified woman's body is found in a coffin belonging to someone else. Is there an as-yet-undiscovered connection to the recent spate of criminal activity? With the biker gang's insidious leader pulling the strings, Tizzard and Windflower must race against time to unravel the truth before more lives are lost.
“Better Safe than Sorry” is a timely tale reflecting the current reality of the life and death struggle across this country against the rapidly rising tide of deaths from dangerous new street drugs.
I highly recommend this emotionally charged cosy police procedural or what I refer to as a brosy mystery.