Book Catalogue
A Gift Before Dying
Malcolm Kempt
“Hypnotically good—instantly immersive, intense, and ultimately inspiring.”—Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series
After a botched high-profile murder investigation, Corporal
Elderick Cole is exiled to the remote, rugged landscape of Nunavut, a
vast territory in the Arctic Circle known for its untamed beauty, frigid
temperatures, and endless winter nights. With his family having severed
all ties, Cole waits out the result of a civil lawsuit alone—the wrong
verdict could end what’s left of his flailing career.
His bleak
existence takes a sinister turn when he discovers the hanging body of
Pitseolala, a troubled Inuit girl whom he had sworn to protect. Her
death dredges up demons he thought he’d buried along with the scars of a
fractured marriage and the aching divide between him and his estranged
daughter.
As Cole’s life unravels—and with it, the fragile thread
of his investigation, he turns to Pitseolala’s younger brother,
Maliktu, a fellow outsider. It’s then that Cole uncovers what binds
them—a singular mission to find her killer.
Against fierce
backlash, Cole’s overriding desire to redeem just one aspect of his
otherwise failed life becomes an obsession—and he’s willing to break
every rule in his unyielding pursuit of justice and the smallest shred
of redemption.
