Paul Vasey, whom renowned novelist M.T. Kelly described as being able to write about the 'commonplace the way a magic realist would paint it,' turns to the genre of mystery writing. In this dark and haunting tale, he writes about a middle-of-the-night dog walker who comes across a badly beaten body in a field by the river on the down side of this southwestern Ontario city. The victim was Carole Tippet, a 17-year-old addict and hooker. This raises...