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Traitor's Game

by Stephen Kimber

It is the summer of 1940 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a city that has become a bustling strategic port for the war raging in Europe. In a wealthy South End neighbourhood, the daughter of a local Royal Navy commander has just been found murdered. Her father—who just happens to be the number-one suspect—and mother are missing. To complicate matters for Halifax Police Detective Mick Blackwell, the Royal Navy has claimed jurisdiction over his investigation.

On the other side of the Atlantic, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill has just green-lit Operation Fish, an audacious gamble to ship Britain's entire gold reserves across the storm-tossed, U-boat—infested North Atlantic to Halifax to prevent them from falling into Hitler's hands. If Churchill's gambit fails and the gold is sunk or captured, Britain won't have the resources to continue the fight, and Germany will triumph by default.

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Publisher: Vagrant Press

Date: 2026

ISBN: 9781774715864

Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Sub-genres: Suspense , Historical , Noir , Hard-Boiled

About The Author

Stephen Kimber is an award-winning Canadian journalist, writer, editor, broadcaster, and educator. He is the author of fourteen books, including two novels and twelve nonfiction works. Kimber is a former Director of the School of Journalism, Writing & Publishing at the University of King's College in Halifax and co-founded the King's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction and Fiction programs. In 2023, he was named to the Order of Nova Scotia, the province's highest civilian honour for his "contributions to the life and people of the province through literature, journalism and academia."

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