The Ancient Dead, Barbara Fradkin
The Ancient Dead, Barbara Fradkin
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The Ancient Dead

Author: Barbara Fradkin

Narrator: Heather Firth

Unabridged: 11 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/14/2021

Synopsis

Photographer Todd Ellison is engrossed in a photoshoot deep in Alberta’s dinosaur country when he stumbles upon human bones buried in the sand of a remote coulee. Not far away, while driving through the Alberta prairie, Amanda Doucette glimpses an abandoned farmhouse that reminds her of an old photograph hanging on her aunt’s wall. Who is the cocky young cowboy in the photo? Could it be connected to Amanda’s uncle, who went missing in Alberta thirty years ago? As Amanda starts to make connections between his disappearance and the body in the coulee, she discovers more questions than answers. To make matters worse, a mysterious person will stop at nothing to get her to abandon the investigation.

About Barbara Fradkin

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 Son and Honour Among Men, have won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. She lives in Ottawa.

About Heather Firth

Heather Firth was a certified drama geek in high school who went on to obtain her bachelor's degree in dramatic arts at the University of Lethbridge. After realizing she could combine her love of reading with her love of acting, she pursued a career in narration and was named Audiobook Obsession's 2019 Best Debut Narrator. She currently resides in Lethbridge, Canada, where she was born and raised.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on March 06, 2021

Barbara Fradkin has been entertaining readers since 2000 with her crime writing. Her various series include eleven Inspector Green mysteries and four mysteries featuring amateur sleuth and rural handyman Cedric O’Toole. Since 2016 yet another series has made its appearance, this one featuring former......more

Goodreads review by Daphne on November 22, 2020

The Ancient Dead. This thriller is set in Alberta, Canada, and the descriptions of this vast country and various areas are fascinating! Todd Ellison, a photographer, discovers a bone buried in an area where Dinosaur bones have previously been found, but this bone is human. Amanda Doucette, also in Alb......more

Goodreads review by Grace on February 03, 2021

Photographer Todd Ellison is Alberta’s Badlands shooting photos for an upcoming book when he finds bones buried in a coulee. Thinking he has found a new dinosaur fossil, he enlists the help of a buddy and they return to the site and discover the remains are human. Former aid worker Amanda Doucette is......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa on February 11, 2021

In The Ancient Dead, the 4th book in Barbara Fradkin's Amanda Doucette Mystery series, a photographer discovers a human bone in an Alberta coulee. A million undiscovered bones lie hidden in the ruthless wilderness. But this one is newer, fresher. Unearthed, it brings secrets to light. Secrets someon......more

Goodreads review by Hannelore on September 19, 2020

Thank you NetGalley and Dundurn Press for the eARC. Amanda Doucette is in Alberta getting ready to take one of her educational trips with indigenous youth when bones are discovered near where she and her love, Chris (who is with the RCMP), are spending some much needed time together. The bones are fo......more

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