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The Whisper of Legends: An Inspector Green Mystery (An Inspector Green Mystery, 9) Paperback – April 2, 2013

by Barbara Fradkin (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars 84 ratings
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An empty canoe washes up on the shore of the Nahanni River ― has the river claimed four more lives?

When his teenage daughter goes missing on a summer wilderness canoe trip to the Nahanni River, Inspector Michael Green is forced into unfamiliar territory. Unable to mobilize the local RCMP, he enlists the help of his long-time friend, Staff Sergeant Brian Sullivan, to accompany him to the Northwest Territories to look for themselves.
Green is terrified. The park has 30,000 square kilometres of wilderness and 600 grizzlies. Even worse, Green soon discovers his daughter lied to him. The trip was organized not by a reputable tour company but by her new boyfriend, Scott, a graduate geology student. When clues about Scott’s past begin to drift in, Green, Sullivan, and two guides head into the wilderness. After the body of one of the group turns up at the bottom of a cliff, they begin to realize just what is at stake.

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    An Inspector Green Mystery
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    400 pages
  3. Language
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  4. Publisher
    Dundurn Press
  5. Publication date
    April 2, 2013
  6. Dimensions
    5 x 0.3 x 8 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    145970567X
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1459705678
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Two-time Arthur Ellis Award winner Fradkin turns in another solid performance with the latest Inspector Green mystery. Green, who works for the Ottawa, Ontario, police department, is concerned when his teenage daughter, Hannah, seems to have gone missing during a camping trip to a national park in a remote part of the Northwest Territories. The local RCMP appear frustratingly uninterested, and so Green, never one to shy away from taking matters into his own hands, heads off to the Territories to find Hannah, discovering along the way that his daughter’s boyfriend, who organized the trip, might have had his own reasons for the trip and may not have Hannah’s best interests or safety in mind. A change of pace from the previous eight Inspector Green novels (which were set in and around urban Ottawa), the book combines a suspenseful story with plenty of opportunities to see the brook-no-nonsense inspector out of his natural element. American readers getting their first look at this series will be eager to read more. --David Pitt

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…combines a suspenseful story with plenty of opportunities to see the brook-no-nonsense inspector out of his natural element.


― Booklist

Barbara Fradkin’s ninth Inspector Green Mystery is a well-written page-turner with a pace as fast as the current in the famous Nahanni River...

The Whisper of Legends is at its best and most vivid when Fradkin is describing the grandeurs and perils of the wilderness.



I suspect the author may have stepped outside of her own comfort zone with The Whisper of Legends but her ability to tell a grand story and address issues of concern at the same time has not lessened since the first book of hers I read long ago.

― Buried Under Books

. . . Fradkin navigates the reader through every plot piece with quiet expertise and easy confidence, the kind that would get anyone out of a dangerous wilderness situation. The bar is set high for the Inspector’s 10th adventure after such a terrific instalment, but there’s no doubt in my mind Fradkin will clear it with room to spare.

― National Post

There is an interesting twist to the resolution of this complex tale of adventure and crime and loss. Excerpts from old letters provide an admixture of nostalgia for those possible fortunes to be discovered in forgotten claims in the Canadian wilds . . .Fradkin provides us with another intriguing Inspector Green mystery far from his usual Ottawa beat.

― Reviewing the Evidence.com

Fradkin deftly captures the spirit of adventure in the North, and incorporates well-integrated commentary about the area’s natural resources and environmental issues.

― Quill & Quire

Ottawa Police Inspector Michael Green has emerged as one of Canada’s best and brightest fictional sleuths. Barbara Fradkin has won two Arthur Ellis Awards for Best Crime Novel and this one, her 11th in the series, is definitely one of her best. ― The Globe and Mail

I was cheering Green along as he struggled against his fears and tried his hardest to be an asset, rather than a hindrance, in an investigation that could mean the life or death of his daughter. A really great read! ― Merchant of Menace: Sleuths of Bake Street Newsletter

Fradkin deftly captures the spirit of adventure in the North, and incorporates well-integrated commentary about the area’s natural resources and environmental issues.

Author Barbara Fradkin has written a story worthy of her status as one of Canada's finest story tellers. She pushes the boundaries that little bit further into the labyrinth of "What would I do if it were my child?”

A terrific entry in the Inspector Green series that takes him across the country to hunt for his daughter, gone missing on a deadly kayaking trip. ― National Post

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dundurn Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 2, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 145970567X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1459705678
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.3 x 8 inches
  • Book 9 of 12 ‏ : ‎ An Inspector Green Mystery
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Barbara Fradkin is an award-winning Canadian crime writer and a child psychologist with a fascination for how we turn bad. Her gritty, psychological detective series features Ottawa Police Inspector Michael Green, whose passion for justice and love of the hunt often interfere with family, friends and police protocol. Two books in the series have won unprecedented, back-to-back Arthur Ellis Awards for Best Canadian Crime Novel from Crime Writers of Canada. She also writes the Cedric O'Toole Rapid Reads series, of which the second novel, EVIL BEHIND THAT DOOR, was released by Orca Books in the fall of 2012.

THE WHISPER OF LEGENDS, latest (and ninth) in the Inspector Green series, is due for release in April 2013.

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  • book lover from England
    4.0 out of 5 stars Inspector Green is back, but not in Ottawa.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2013
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    "The Whisper of Legends" is the ninth title in the highly acclaimed Inspector Green series and ranks with her two award winning titles "Fifth Son" and "Honour Among Men". I would suggest you read the books in order: "Do or Die", "Once Upon A Time", "Mist Walker", "Fifth Son", "Honour Among Men", "Dream Chasers", "This Thing of Darkness", "Beautiful Lie the Dead", and "The Whisper of Legends". Since Amazon summarizes the plot there's no need to repeat it. It's a page turner, and definitely difficult to put down. For readers who like Louise Penny, Deborah Crombie, Elly Griffiths, and similar writers. Highly recommended.
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  • MysteryReader
    5.0 out of 5 stars Canadian Mystery Rocks
    Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2015
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    I started reading Fradkin when Do or Die came out and have devoured every novel since. The Whisper of Legends takes the reader on a fast past journey, white water rafting, while Inspector Green searches for his missing daughter. The wilderness provides a tense and dramatic setting. You feel as if you're in the raft, paddling hard... Fradkin has done a tremendous job moving her stories from Ottawa to Northern Canada.
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  • Kindle Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great read
    Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2017
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    This book was well researched. Held my attention mostly. The only thing I didn't enjoy was to many characters. And they wasn't mentioned but sporadically. Other wise good.
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  • bw
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Canadian north, white water, bush planes, family angst etc.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2013
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    Loved this latest Inspector Green book. I like how Fradkin interweaves the personal lives and crime in her book, but in this one you get his colleagues, the RCMP, history of the Nahanni, Canadian politics and the search for a daughter that races us through the book at speed. Can't wait for the next!
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  • Rhea Pollock
    4.0 out of 5 stars whisper of legends
    Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2014
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    well written book, good character development and story is compelling and i looked forward to reading it. that is all
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Canadian Mysteries
    Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2013
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    Through this author's work I gained a perspective on our neighbors to the north. I ended up buying all her mysteries.
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  • Jim Napier, mystery & crime fiction reviewer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Well-researched, well-crafted, and utterly convincing -- one of her best!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2013
    Police Inspector Michael Green finds himself completely out of his element when he learns that his teenage daughter has gone missing in the northern Canadian wilderness. When the local head of the RCMP refuses to launch a search, Green takes matters into his own hands. His decision forces him to confront several of his own demons, including fear of flying and trying to cope in a hostile environment the Ottawa-based officer knows absolutely nothing about. Enlisting help from sympathetic locals, Green stumbles on one man’s quest that reaches back decades, an obsession that will cost people’s lives. Well-researched, well-crafted, and utterly convincing -- one of her best!
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  • Margo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2014
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    I enjoyed this book enough that I ordered another title by this author.
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  • Magdalena
    5.0 out of 5 stars Tolles Buch!
    Reviewed in Germany on September 17, 2014
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    Das Buch war ein Tipp von WDR2 im Bereich Krimis. Ich bin sehr froh das ich da gerade zugehört habe. Die Geschichte fesselt von Anfang an. Es ist fliessend geschrieben und die Spannung steigt mit jedem Kapitel. Die Beschreibung von der Natur und dem Fluß begeistern. Ein sehr gelungener Krimi, der mal eine ganz andere Kulisse hat. Sehr empfehlenswert!
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  • Patricia C Pryde
    5.0 out of 5 stars Mystery and Adventure
    Reviewed in Canada on June 15, 2013
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    I have been enjoying Barbara Fradkin's mysteries for years. This time Inspector Green takes us out of the Ottawa area. His daughter is missing on a canoe trip in the far north and so there are emotions involved as Green and his partner Sargent Sullivan head into unknown territory to find her and her friends......and find a lot of more mystery and intrigue and adventure in the magnificent Northwest Territories.
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  • Lin Thompson
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great Northern adventure
    Reviewed in Canada on September 11, 2019
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    One of the best in the series. Set in northern Canada with spectacular scenery. His daughter is on a canoe trip and gets caught up in the politics of northern mining versus the environment. The characters are better than the plot but that is fine. I love the relationships in the inspector's life. Well worth reading.
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  • Morticia Adams
    5.0 out of 5 stars New to this series but great so far...
    Reviewed in Canada on December 23, 2018
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    Like the authentic settings
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  • Diana Ralph
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great adventure-mystery with a touch of environmental politics
    Reviewed in Canada on September 2, 2015
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    Inspector Green and his side-kick Sullivan move from their usual Ottawa venue to take up a thrilling adventure-mystery set in the wilds of the BC Nahani park. Fradkin subtly exposes the environmental crimes of mining interests and the Conservative government. I found the premise of some of the plot a bit hard to swallow. But it's well researched, vivid, and a real page-turner
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