21 October 2008: This week's book reviews, by Carol Livingstone, as submitted for publication in the Tofield Mercury.

PRECIOUS CARGO: A Novel of Suspense, by Clyde Ford

Still reeling from the death of his wife, Charlie Noble is hot on the trail of a human trafficking scheme that begins in Mexico---and ends in murder. 
 

PASSCHENDAELE, based on the screenplay by Paul Gross

In WWI, a small band of Canadian soldiers known as the Fighting 10th challenged an enormous German army in the third battle of Ypres. This is their story. 
 

DEAD COLD: Winter Can be Murder, by Louise Penny

Paperback Edition. Local police in Three Pines are baffled by a murder with no witnesses and, apparently, no clues. While discovering the victim's enemies, Chief Inspector Gamache finds some of his own, and very few he can trust.  
 

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