Background
Wright, Laurali R. was born on June 5, 1939 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Daughter of Sidney Victor and Evelyn Jane (Barber) Appleby.
( In this masterpiece of psychological suspense (second o...)
In this masterpiece of psychological suspense (second only, perhaps, to Ms. Wright's Edgar-winning The Suspect), the real villain is self-delusion; it inflicts more damage than even the craziest serial-killer. In the case of Emma O'Brea, the delusions concern her marriage: When her husband Charlie disappears it quickly becomes apparent that Emma was the only person in Canada who didn't recognize how desperate he had been to leave. And then there's Eddie Addison, an overgrown delivery boy, far from the sharpest knife in the drawer, and obsessed – dangerously obsessed – with a pretty young student. Eddie and Emma would seem to have little in common, but when Inspector Karl Alberg is called in to solve the riddle of Charlie's vanishing act, the two sets of disturbing delusions begin to converge, with a climax that even the canniest reader is unlikely to see coming.
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(Though Karl Alberg is effectively the police chief in the...)
Though Karl Alberg is effectively the police chief in the town of Sechelt, the most pressing thing on his desk right now is the spunky old lady who has apparently absconded from her retirement home, most likely, it?s widely believed, in search of a good martini. But a storm is brewing for Alberg, just a few miles down the peninsula. Zoe Strachan was an angry child, and she?s grown into an angry, if eerily seductive woman. Over the years, she has built up elaborate structures to contain her anger, but now those structures have been shattered. A refugee from big-city policing, Alberg thinks he?s seen it all. But he?s not even going to know what hit him.
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(It's midsummer and murderously hot in British Columbia. F...)
It's midsummer and murderously hot in British Columbia. For the vacationing Karl Alberg, that becomes more than a metaphor when he discovers a body on the beach, fresh from a fatal plunge into the waves. Back home in the town of Sechelt, where Alberg is the chief of police, the heat is bringing out the crazies, most recently a tribe of violent rednecks loony enough to make Alberg yearn a little for his days as a big-city cop.
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(Ruthless businessman--and killer--Gordon Murphy has final...)
Ruthless businessman--and killer--Gordon Murphy has finally found for himself the perfect woman, Cassandra Mitchell, and sets out to pursue and win his prey, despite the fact she is living happily with Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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(As Canadian police detective Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg i...)
As Canadian police detective Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg investigates the disappearance of Charlie O'Brea, young drugstore worker Eddie Addison's obsession with a pretty student leads to a downward spiral of violence.
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Wright, Laurali R. was born on June 5, 1939 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Daughter of Sidney Victor and Evelyn Jane (Barber) Appleby.
Student, Carleton University, 1959. Student, University British Columbia, 1963. Student, University Calgary, 1971.
Student, Banff School Fine Arts, 1976. Master of Arts, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, 1995.
Reporter, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 1968-1969; reporter, Calgary Albertan, 1969-1970; reporter, columnist, Calgary Herald, 1970-1976; reporter, columnist, Calgary Herald, 1970-1976; assistant city editor, Calgary Herald, 1976-1977; freelance writer, Calgary, since 1977.
(Ruthless businessman--and killer--Gordon Murphy has final...)
(Though Karl Alberg is effectively the police chief in the...)
(As Canadian police detective Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg i...)
(To Karl Alberg, a small town on Canada?s ?Sunshine Coast?...)
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( In this masterpiece of psychological suspense (second o...)
(It's midsummer and murderously hot in British Columbia. F...)
(Gordon Murphy doesn't look insane, but he is. He doesn't ...)
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Member Writers Union Canada, Authors' Guild of the United States, International P.E.N., Mystery Writers of America, Authors League American, Periodical Writers Association Canada, Writers Federation British Columbia.
Married John Herbert Wright, January 6, 1962 (separated 1986). Children: Victoria Kathleen, Johnna Margaret.