A shipwreck off the coast of Tofino turns out to be a freighter smuggling immigrants from Southeast Asia. Coroner-detective Elias McCann and his Cambodian girlfriend Vhanna protect a surviving girl who is chased by kidnappers. Also among the immigrants is Vhanna's cousin who stirs up dark memories of the Khmer Rouge. The first Elias McCann mystery was Hands Like Clouds. Zuehlke lives in Victoria. 1-55002-417-5

[Spring 2003 BCBW]