Ruby Todd

Apr 2, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Howard Norman |Ruby Todd |Joseph Kanon |Alejandro Nodarse

Howard Norman. Norton, $27.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-324-07633-9Norman follows up The Ghost Clause with a stunning literary mystery set in 1918 Nova Scotia. On the same night a whale washes ashore in the small town of Parrsboro, bigamist Elizabeth Frame murders her second husband in their bed. Reporter Toby Havenshaw is assigned to cover the trial, but he’s more focused on reuniting with his wife, Amelia, a surgeon who’s just returned from the frontlines of WWI.