Cover design by Daniella PostavskyAfter winning the commission to paint a war memorial mural
for Christ Church Grange Park, Nora Britton is found dead on the church floor.
An accidental fall from the scaffold she was working on? So it seems, until
police detective Paul Shenstone discovers that she has been the subject of
parishioners’ death threats. Shenstone’s sleuthing takes him from slum to
mansion, from speakeasy to laboratory to artist’s studio. The dead Nora becomes
his obsession. His list of suspects keeps lengthening as he discovers in his
city unexpectedly virulent religious and ethnic hatreds. His toughness, brains,
and marksmanship will all be tested in his fight to do Nora justice.
“Why didn’t I speak up? At first, I was too shocked
at seeing her lying crumpled on the floor of the chancel. In life, she didn’t
give the impression of being a small woman. She had a quiet radiance that seemed
to fill the space around her. But in death she looked no bigger than a child. A
dead child — there is no more pitiful sight.”
“Winners’ Loss
is a well written, entertaining step-back in time with punchy, ‘private-eye’
style dialogue, strong pacing and local colour that turns Toronto into a setting
worth reading about…” (Don Graves, The Bay Observer)
The Coliseum at the Canadian National Exhibition Grounds
hosted prize fights during the 1920s.
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Chrysler Imperial Roadster figures in the ’20s novel Winner’s Loss.Top Ten Songs of 1927
1. “Stardust” (Hoagy Carmichael)
2. “My Blue Heaven” (Gene Austin)
3. “Singin’ the Blues” (Frankie Trumbauer)
4. “Me & My Shadow” (Jack Smith)
5. “In a Mist” (Bix Beiderbecke)
6. “Someone to Watch over Me” (Gertrude Lawrence)
7. “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground” (Blind Willie Johnson)
8. “Some of These Days” (Sophie Tucker & Ted Lewis)
9. “Ain’t She Sweet?” (Ben Bernie)
10. “Charmaine” (Guy Lombardo)
1. “Stardust” (Hoagy Carmichael)
2. “My Blue Heaven” (Gene Austin)
3. “Singin’ the Blues” (Frankie Trumbauer)
4. “Me & My Shadow” (Jack Smith)
5. “In a Mist” (Bix Beiderbecke)
6. “Someone to Watch over Me” (Gertrude Lawrence)
7. “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground” (Blind Willie Johnson)
8. “Some of These Days” (Sophie Tucker & Ted Lewis)
9. “Ain’t She Sweet?” (Ben Bernie)
10. “Charmaine” (Guy Lombardo)
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