Prisoners of Hope: An Amanda Doucette Mystery [Paperback]

Amanda Doucette finds herself drawn into the world of exploited foreign workers when she rescues a Filipino nanny accused of murdering her wealthy employer.

Georgian Bay: a spectacular terrain of granite shores, deserted islands, and infinite sparkling bays. As part of her cross-Canada charity tour, Amanda has planned a kayaking trip in the area for abused families from a rural Ontario community.

While exploring some remote islands offshore, she and a local tour guide rescue a frightened young woman whose boat has capsized. In an apparent act of kindness, the tour guide takes the woman to shore, leaving Amanda stranded. But when news surfaces that a wealthy doctor has died at his estate and his Filipino nanny has gone missing, Amanda fears far more sinister forces are at work. When the young tour guide is found dead on a nearby island, she and RCMP officer Chris Tymko race to prevent more innocent deaths.Barbara Fradkin is a retired psychologist who is fascinated with why people turn bad. She has written numerous short stories and novellas as well as the critically acclaimed Inspector Green novels. Two of these,Fifth SonandHonour Among Men, have won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. Barbara lives in Ottawa. A high-adrenaline plungeChapter ONE

Amanda smiled as she watched the speedboat swoop playfullyup the bay. Once it drew closer, she could make out the gleam ofantique cedar and brass. A lone man sat in the cockpit, one handon the wheel and the other trailing in the water. He leaned intothe curves, grinning as the boat carved up the bay and left curlsof froth and ripples in its wake.

She was sitting on a granite rock at the edge of the parkinglot, and she rose for a better view as he pulled back on the throttleand aimed the powerful boat toward the nearest slip. Surelythis wasnt George Gifford. She had pictured the kayak outfitteras a rough outdoorsman piloting a dented aluminum runabout.A beardl3ã