Devil's Breath

Devil’s Breath is a murder mystery taking place circa 1890. BC Provincial Police detective Tavish (Sandy)MacPherson is sent from New Westminster to investigate and solve the recent bizarre decapitation murders that have surfaced in Port Moody. There is something in the air. Something supernatural frightening the lumbermen and the Chinese community and Sandy is working hard on this his first case he is the lead detective on. He takes charge of the police station in Port Moody where two fine officers are stationed. Edwin Shuster, a dyed in the wool Scotsman somewhat rough around the edges but with a lot of smarts under his gruff exterior; and Russell Cuthbertson a young officer who is eager to learn everything he can from detective MacPherson. The story has its beginnings with Angus Colquhoon, a , hard-headed Scotsman who has left his family in Montreal to find his fortune in the Caribou of British Columbia during the “Gold Rush”. Angus stakes claims in Barkerville and becomes a rich man, but there are skeletons in his closet and those skeletons rattle into his last place of residence and his horrific death in Port Moody, BC