Baby Jane
by M. A. Demers
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Pub Date Jul 07 2011 | Archive Date Feb 05 2016
Description
When human remains are found in her pre-war fixer-upper in an east Vancouver neighbourhood, Claire Dawson’s grand plans to fix the house—and her life—take a disturbing turn. Suspicious there might exist a relationship between the discovery and her own tragic past, Claire insinuates herself into the investigation, unknowingly placing herself in harm’s way and Homicide’s Detective Dylan Lewis in an impossible conflict of interest. And when Dylan’s grandmother, a Coast Salish medicine woman, wades into the mystery, challenging the demon whose earthly form is behind the murder, the three find themselves embroiled in a high-stakes battle where lines are blurred and worlds collide—but souls are ultimately freed.
Advance Praise
“Baby Jane … twists expectations … A tight marriage of police procedural and supernatural thriller … [woven] in with a compelling First Nations magic-realistic tapestry … exploring both the best and worst of human desires.” – Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Amazon review
“A compulsive page turner … well-paced, the main characters are well drawn and have a range of issues that make them flawed and human, and the plot has something to separate it from the crowd. I thought it was a great read and would happily recommend it!” – Booked Up
“Wow! That was a roller coaster of a ride. Truly, truly blew me away with the thick content of the story and the beautiful way you wrote it. I simply could not stop and devoured it over two days. I loved the ending, but in all honesty I loved everything about the book, from start to finish.” – bookaddict1133, Wattpad
“Well written and suspenseful … a tightly written character study with elements of the supernatural woven throughout. Emotional and tense.” – Meghan, Kobo review
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9780986891427 |
| PRICE | $3.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Mallory Anne-Marie H, Reviewer
Review: BABY JANE by M. A. Demers
I found BABY JANE quite an engrossing and exciting book. The novel was fast-paced throughout, with plenty of action, backgrounded with lots of Native spirituality, paranormal visions, emotional depths, grief, love, longing, and greed. Crime, of course--the co-protagonist is a homicide detective in Vancouver--but also, history, domestic violence, abuse, and psychological disorders.
Claire, a devoted teacher, buys a 1930's residence in Vancouver after receiving an out-of-court settlement. During renovations, she hears sounds leading her to a closet wall, and unearths remains. Hence she meets detective Dylan, who is half Native. A rocky start leads to a budding romance, complicated by Claire's dating suave Rafael. Dylan's grandmother is a shaman, who endeavours to solve and to spiritually heal the horrid events which resulted in the wall burial. The division between light and dark, good and evil, is very clearly delineated in this special story.
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