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 Maid of the Mist - Colin Bateman
 Maid of the Mist - Colin Bateman ... of honeymooners and tourists, and that's how Inspector Frank Corrigan likes it. He saw enough trouble as a cop in Northern Ireland. Now he's happy dealing with parking offences and the odd drunk, although since his wife has left him and taken their daughter, 'happy' may not quite be the word. But then a reincarnated Native American princess by the name of Lelewala canoes over the Falls and survives. Or so she says. And Frank falls in love. And finds himself confronting the greatest terrorist of the age at an international gathering of drug dealers. And then the music starts...Funny, moving, crazy, dark and thought-provoking, this is Bateman at his brilliant best.Newest Review: ... rather sleepy attraction to it and tat is one of the things that appealed to Inspector Frank Corrigan after his previous time ... more ... as a police officer in Northern Ireland.
However things start to change when a beautiful Indian girl goes over the falls in a canoe and survives, she appears to be the reincarnated form of a mythical Red Indian princess called Lelewala. Next thng he knows a number of very shady characters are on the scene and things start to get both violent and weird.
I find Colin Bateman books to be a wonderful mixture of dark comedy and well crafted plot lines and this particular book is no exception, Corrigan is an excellent le...more |
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Maid of the Mist - Colin Bateman: One way canoe ride anyone? (265 words)
by - written on 28/01/09 (Very useful, 111 readings)
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Anyone who has been fortunate enough to visit Niagra Falls will recognise the title of this book as signifying the boat cruise you can go on which transports you to the foot of the falls right into the mist cloud. Despite the tacky side to the tourist trap it does have a rather sleepy attraction to it and tat is one of the things that appealed to Inspector Frank Corrigan after his previous time as a police officer in Northern Ireland. However things start to change when a beautiful Indian girl goes over the falls in a canoe and survives, she appears to be the reincarnated form of a mythical Red Indian princess called Lelewala. Next thng he knows a number of ... Read the complete review
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