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A Matter of Malice: A DreadfulWater Mystery by [Thomas King]

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From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of Sufferance and Indians on Vacation

Can a reality TV show solve a cold case?

When a TV producer asks Thumps to assist with an episode about a local woman from a wealthy family whose death was ruled “misadventure,” he is reluctant to get involved. Then the producer dies in the exact same manner, and Thumps finds himself solving two cases.

The crew of Malice Aforethought, a true-crime reality-TV show, shows up in Chinook to do an episode about the death of Trudy Samuels. Trudy’s death had originally been ruled accidental, but with ratings in mind, one of the producers, Nina Maslow, wants to prove it was murder?and she wants Thumps to help. Thumps is reluctant to get involved. But then Nina dies in the exact same place and in the exact same way as Trudy. Are the two deaths related? Or are there two murderers on the loose in Chinook? Thumps uses Nina’s Malice Aforethought files to try to fit the pieces of the puzzle together, and in the process discovers that the producer had already started work on another case that is close to Thumps’s heart: the Obsidian murders.

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DreadfulWater
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THOMAS KING is an award-winning writer and photographer. His critically acclaimed, bestselling books include Medicine River; Green Grass, Running Water; One Good Story, That One; Truth and Bright Water; A Short History of Indians in Canada; The Back of the Turtle (winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction); The Inconvenient Indian (winner of the RBC Taylor Prize); Indians on Vacation; Sufferance;and the poetry collection 77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin. A Companion of the Order of Canada and the recipient of a National Aboriginal Achievement Award, Thomas King lives in Guelph, Ontario.

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“Even armchair sleuths who can see the solution from a mile away will appreciate GoodWeather’s unerring knack for converting social, racial, and economic conflict into blissful farce.” -- Kirkus Reviews

“The characters are really clever. . . . The dialogue is crisp and just begs to head to the screen.” -- The Globe and Mail

“Let’s hope that DreadfulWater shows up again and again.” -- Books in Canada

“”The writing is feisty and fast . . . King is having fun here . . . Mark Twain was of the opinion that the truth was the funniest joke in the world. All good satire springs from that notion, and this book qualifies as such.” -- The Globe and Mail

“Wry wit, clever writing, amusing characters. . . . [Readers] are going to love sharing this adventure with Thumps DreadfulWater.” -- Tony Hillerman

“Whimsical and wry, large-hearted and at times laugh out loud funny, but with an underlying gravitas and significance.” -- Quill & Quire --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B078R4QBW6
Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins Publishers (Jan. 29 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 919 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 396 pages

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Thomas King is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, scriptwriter, and photographer. His many books include the novels Medicine River; Green Grass, Running Water; Truth and Bright Water; two short story collections, One Good Story, That One (Minnesota, 2013) and A Short History of Indians in Canada (Minnesota, 2013); nonfiction, The Truth About Stories (Minnesota, 2005); and the children's books A Coyote Columbus Story, Coyote Sings to the Moon, Coyote's New Suit, and A Coyote Solstice Tale. King edited the literary anthology All My Relations and wrote and starred in the popular CBC radio series, The Dead Dog Café. He is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award (2003), and was made a member of the Order of Canada in 2004. He has taught Native literature and history and creative writing at the University of Lethbridge, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Guelph and is now retired and lives in Guelph, Ontario.

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gail

Love Thomas King!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on August 4, 2022

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The characters are so real. The story has many twists. Interesting as a mystery and as a look at different cultures.

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Carolyn

Good mystery series with interesting investigator

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 9, 2019

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This is a lighthearted book which touches on some serious issues. It is the latest in a four-book mystery series featuring former policeman Thumps DreadfulWater. He is a Cherokee man now works as a photographer in the town of Chinook. The crime story is told with dry wit and deadpan humour. I have not read the previous books in the series, but I thought it worked fairly well as a stand-alone.

I have only read two other books by Thomas King and found them highly enjoyable.; The terrific Back of the Turtle which won the Governor Generals Award for fiction, and also The Inconvenient Indian winner of several non-fiction awards which mixed history and humour.

Thumps is experiencing a bad time in his life. His girlfriend, recovering from an illness, has gone away. Her whereabouts are unknown to him, and she is not answering the phone. He is without transportation since his car was totalled. His pet cat has gone missing. He has just learned that his diabetes is worsening, and has to switch from pills to insulin injections.

During this streak of bad luck, Thumps is asked by the producers of a TV reality show Malice Aforethought to participate. . The popular show focuses on true crime cases with the intent of bringing out new facts and perhaps solutions. This time they are shooting a film in Chinook, investigating the death of a young girl from a wealthy family. It was believed to be accident or suicide, but the question of murder will add to the shows’ drama. Thumps is reluctant to do have anything to do with the show. A producer who does exhaustive research on each episode’s crime topic is found dead at the same place and in the same manner as the teenaged girl whose death was being investigated for TV.

Thumps becomes an unwilling participant because his past in law enforcement would give greater authenticity to the program. He has been tricked and bribed with files about a past unsolved case which interests him greatly.
Despite all Thumps personal problems, he manages to solve three murder cases. I felt there was a lack of tension and suspense on my part. I do want to know more about Thumps DreadfulWater, his personal life and his investigative skills. His character and personality were very well developed. I did not come to know his friends and townspeople as well as I hoped, probably because I had not read the former books in the series.

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ppsphil

A Good Mystery With Lots of Humour That I Highly Recommend

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 28, 2020

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I read the first book “DreadfulWater” a few years ago and found it an OK read that I enjoyed but somehow I just forgot about this series until I found this one entered in the 2020 Arthur Ellis awards. I know I jumped past a couple of books in the series to read this in my 2020 Arthur Ellis project but that didn’t detract from my enjoyment of this story but it has made me want to read more of this series after my 2020 AE awards reading. Thumps Dreadfulwater is a marvellous character and a good detective and this book has a good plot, lot’s of good and sometimes a bit eccentric characters and a good ending. Besides that I found more humour in this story than in many books that are advertised as humorous mysteries but very often never provide me with a giggle let alone the number of LOLs I had reading this one. I recommend this book but I think it would probably be better to read the series in order but at least read the first one, like I did, before this one.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 2, 2020

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The fully rounded characters, the plot (perhaps a trifle complicated) and the dry humour combine for a good read..

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 19, 2019

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Familiar characters become deeper and the pace is perfect. A delight to read.

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Ronald E Mattey

Another fine piece of writing from Mr. King

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 28, 2019

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I have read most of Thomas King's books, and he has had no difficulty in holding my interest. Dreadful Water is a character among many other memorable characters in Chinook, but above all, Mr. King is a story teller in the traditional sense. Regardless of subject, his prose is descriptive and captivating, and always ranks high on my wish list.

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S. Ganser

Another great DreadfulWater mystery

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 14, 2019

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Ordered the new DreadfulWater mystery from Thomas King in Canada as it's not yet easily available in Europe. Didn't disappoint. Looking forward for more to come...
If you've liked the previous ones you'll sure like this one. If you've not read a DreadfulWater mystery yet, start at the beginning.

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Patrick E. Foster

A terrific snarky mystery

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on February 28, 2019

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Full of dry humour, wonderful characters and a really good mystery to boot. I read this and went out and bought the other books in the series. Great fun.

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