Hunting Halifax

Steven Laffoley

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ISBN: 9781895900934

Hunting Halifax

  Author:   Steven Laffoley    
  Publisher:  Pottersfield Press

“I was walking into an air-conditioned Halifax tavern on a hot summer afternoon in search of a dark mystery. I was on the trail of a cold-case murder—a murder case 150 years cold. Clearly, I needed a beer.”

So beings the strange and surprising adventure of Hunting Halifax, the true tale of writer Steven Edwin Laffoley as he investigates the mean streets and narrow alleys of historic Halifax, Nova Scotia, in search of clues to a murder, a mystery and a black hole in history.

In the early hours of September 8, 1853, in the shadow of Citadel Hill, a sailor with a crushed skull lies slumped against the staircase of a notorious tavern on Barrack Street. The death is said to be an accident—a fall from a window—until two tavern prostitutes tell Nova Scotia’s famous son, Joseph Howe, that it was murder.

Prepared to do what it takes to find justice for the murdered sailor, the author sleeps in old graveyards, drinks in rough taverns, concerses in trendy coffee shops, pokes about staid Province House, ponders Victorian Age philosophy, and somehow just manages to avoid arrest. Humorous and engaging, Hunting Halifax is an entertaining tale of history, mystery and murder.

Details and Specs
ISBN associated with this title: 9781895900934
Item PC0164
PublisherPottersfield Press
PublisherPottersfield Press
Published on October 11 2007
Language eng
Pages 192
Format Paperback
Dimensions6(in) x 9(in)
Shipping weight315(g)
Status ACTIVE TITLE
Steven Laffoley is the author of eight books, including the award-winning biography Shadowboxing and the bestselling novel The Blue Tattoo.