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Gold Digger: A Klondike Mystery

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Gold Digger: A Klondike Mystery

by Vicki Delany

Dundurn | April 15, 2009 | Trade Paperback

It''s the spring of 1898, and Dawson, Yukon Territory, is the most exciting town in North America. The great Klondike Gold Rush is in full swing and Fiona MacGillivray has crawled over the Chilkoot Pass determined to make her fortune as the owner of the Savoy dance hall. Provided, that is, that her twelve-year-old son, growing up much too fast for her liking; the former Glasgow street fighter who''s now her business partner; a stern, handsome NWMP constable; an aging, love-struck, ex-boxing champion; a wild assortment of headstrong dancers, croupiers, gamblers, madams without hearts of gold, bar hangers-on, cheechakos and sourdoughs; and Fiona''s own nimble-fingered past don''t get to her first. And then there''s the dead body on centre stage.

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It''s the spring of 1898, and Dawson, Yukon Territory, is the most exciting town in North America. The great Klondike Gold Rush is in full swing and Fiona MacGillivray has crawled over the Chilkoot Pass determined to make her fortune as the owner of the Savoy dance hall. Provided, that is, that her twelve-year-old son, growing up much too fast for her liking; the former Glasgow street fighter who''s now her business partner; a stern, handsome NWMP constable; an aging, love-struck, ex-boxing champion; a wild assortment of headstrong dancers, croupiers, gamblers, madams without hearts of gold, bar hangers-on, cheechakos and sourdoughs; and Fiona''s own nimble-fingered past don''t get to her first. And then there''s the dead body on centre stage.

Trade Paperback

304 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5 x 1 in

April 15, 2009

Dundurn

English


1894917804
9781894917803

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"Gold Digger is a lot of fun, and Delany has done her research. Dawson City during the 1898 Gold Rush is a great setting, and she has a good thing going. I look forward to Fiona's return."

-The Globe and Mail

"Readers who enjoy historical mysteries in which the facts are accurate but not oppressive and heroines who are good, but by no means too good to be true, will hope that she does indeed bring Fiona back and soon."

-Reviewing the Evidence

"Delany spins a captivating tale with lots of colour, ably researched detail and crisp dialogue that moves the story along, spinning into a satisfying, yet surprising, conclusion with lots of doors left ajar for future episodes."

-Hamilton Spectator

"Delany is very good at depicting a Dawson that is rough, messy, and in some ways desperate, but which is also creating from pretty much nothing some form of social and legal order. ??Her triumph, however, is Fiona MacGillivray, a woman of grit who presents herself with a kind of cool, professional charm, but less calculating and more tender-hearted than she herself likes to think. ??Each character is alive and well-rounded, but it's Fiona who makes enticing the prospect of further novels in Delany's proposed Klondike gold rush series."

-London Free Press

"Gold Digger is a must read and brings to life an exciting era in Canadian history."

-Historical Novels Review 

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