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The red chesterfield / Wayne Arthurson.

ISBN: 9781773850771
ISBN: 1773850776
Physical Description: 101 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press, 2019.
Copyright: &copy;2019.

Arthurson, Wayne, 1962- (author.).

Summary:

"M is a bylaw officer, living with two brothers, in their parent's old house. While investigating a suspicious yard sale, M discovers a red chesterfield sitting in a ditch. Looking closer, M finds a running shoe-- and a severed foot. Now M is involved in a murder investigation. Meanwhile, older brother K's work for a new political party begins to seem suspicious, while younger brother J navigates the complicated world of young-adulthood, and boss Rhonda demands more and more attention, M must navigate a world of Russian gangsters and neglected wives, biker gangs and suspicious coincidences. On top of everything else, M is determined to track down the owner of that red chesterfield and make sure they get a ticket. "The Red Chesterfield" is a delightful, unusual novel that upends the tropes and traditions of crime fiction while asking how far one person is willing to go to solve a crime, be it murder or the abandonment of a piece of furniture."-- Provided by publisher.