Historical Pair

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A Presumption of Guilt

In the winter of 1852, Henry Kane’s death sets off a chain of events that exposes a decades-old secret. His affair with a chambermaid produced a child he never knew, and now, his daughter, Geraldine Kane, has returned from Europe and she must confront her family’s dark past. A young boy is wrongly accused of the crime, incarcerated, and sentenced to hang. The boy’s only chance for survival lies in the hands of Geraldine, and George Tweel, an inquiry agent who believes in his innocence. A Presumption of Guilt is a captivating tale of a family’s buried secret and the dangerous lengths one woman will go to protect a young life caught in its crosshairs.

Death on the Canal

May 1870. Ottawa is a city on the edge. While its citizens celebrate the young country’s third birthday, a Fenian cell plots in the shadows of Parliament Hill. When two seemingly unrelated men are murdered, Detective Jacques Charlebois uncovers a deadly plot to disable the Rideau Canal as a diversion for an armed invasion from across the border. From the crowded pubs of Lower Town to the halls of power, Charlebois must fight an invisible enemy to save a witness who knows too much and a country that isn’t yet ready for war.