An exciting new series from Barbara Fradkin, author of the Inspector Green Mysteries Features a passionate, flawed, real female protagonist making a difference in the world but struggling to keep herself together Book One sets up Amanda as a reluctant social media celebrity, and launches her second career on a charity tour to help those in need A major theme is PTSD, which Amanda and some of her former aid-worker colleagues suffer from after surviving a horrific rebel militia assault on a village school in Nigeria. In the aftermath, Amanda‘s focus is helping children Series will showcase venues across Canada, coast to coast and north to south, as each book has Amanda in a different location, where her efforts to aid people in trouble entangle her in a mystery
A former international aid worker with PTSD readjusts to life at home, but finds herself drawn into mysteries as she follows her instinct to help people. Features a passionate, flawed female protagonist struggling but making a difference in the world. Each book is set in a different, rugged locale. <br/> <br/>
<b>Book #1: <i>Fire in the Stars</i></b> <br/> Former aid worker Amanda Doucette returns from Nigeria to rebuild her life in Newfoundland after a shocking experience drove her from the field. Seeking a new purpose in life, she soon finds herself putting her crisis-response training to full effect when she’s wrapped up in a murder and missing-persons case and a social media storm. <br/> <br/>
<b>Book #2: <i>The Trickster's Lullaby</i></b> <br/> Two young men from disparate backgrounds disappear on a winter camping trip in the Laurentians led by Amanda Doucette. One boy turns up dead, and the other is suspected of having terrorist links. Amanda and Chris Tymko race to find the missing boy, but there is also a killer on their heels. <br/> <br/>
<b>Book #3: <i>Prisoners of Hope</i></b> <br/> Set against the stunning backdrop of Georgian Bay, Amanda Doucette finds herself drawn into the world of exploited foreign workers when she meets a Filipino nanny accused of murdering her wealthy employer.