In the ramshackle capital of one of the last colonies in North America, a few thousand settlers aspire to the values of the Victorian age while coexisting beside a population of native Indians that vastly outnumbers them. Their cautious peace is challenged when a body is discovered: Dr. McCrory, an American alienist whose methods included phrenology, Mesmerism, and sexual-mystical magnetation. Chad Hobbes, recently arrived from England, is the policeman who must solve the crime
Seán Haldane was a British, Irish, and Canadian citizen, known for his work as a neuropsychologist, poet, and novelist. He was born in Sussex, England, and grew up in Northern Ireland, later living between the UK and Canada. Haldane authored several books, including the crime novel "The Devil's Making," which won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel in 2014. He was also a consultant clinical neuropsychologist in the NHS and worked as a psychotherapist and small press publisher.
