Springtime in Winnipeg - Coggins, James R.
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When spring finally arrives in Winnipeg, the residents have a tendency to believe that they have earned it. After enduring six months of snow and numbing cold, a winter more fierce than that experienced by the inhabitants of almost any other city on earth, they emerge like shell-shocked soldiers from trench warfare. They stumble into April, a month of melting snow, thawing rivers, oozing mud, and hopeful signs. Snow gives way to rain. Migrating birds appear on the rivers. The trees swell in anticipation of new leaves. The first crocuses appear above the earth. And the lifeless bodies of…mehr

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When spring finally arrives in Winnipeg, the residents have a tendency to believe that they have earned it. After enduring six months of snow and numbing cold, a winter more fierce than that experienced by the inhabitants of almost any other city on earth, they emerge like shell-shocked soldiers from trench warfare. They stumble into April, a month of melting snow, thawing rivers, oozing mud, and hopeful signs. Snow gives way to rain. Migrating birds appear on the rivers. The trees swell in anticipation of new leaves. The first crocuses appear above the earth. And the lifeless bodies of beautiful young women are discovered lying near the paths in the woods along the Assiniboine River next to Assiniboine University. The fourth John Smyth mystery skillfully intertwines two elements -- a murder mystery and an academic discussion of the nature of the mystery novel. When John Smyth, the diminutive editor of Grace magazine, returns to school to obtain a journalism degree, he encounters a variety of interesting characters. He enrolls in a course on murder mysteries. He debates a combative professor who challenges his faith. He is accepted into a study group of students half his age, working together on a puzzling assignment. And, as usual, he can't help getting involved in murder.
Autorenporträt
James R. Coggins is a professional writer and editor based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. He has BA and MA degrees from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, a Diploma in Christian Studies from Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, and a PhD (in History) from the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario. He has served as an editor with Christian magazines (Mennonite Brethren Herald, BC Christian News and The Light) and written a wide variety of materials, including devotional articles, academic articles, encyclopedia entries, social and political analyses, poetry, blogs and even a few jokes for Reader's Digest. His previous books include four John Smyth murder mysteries, a political novel, and his doctoral dissertation (on the first English Baptist congregation). He is also founder and operator of a small book publishing imprint, Mill Lake Books. His website is: www.coggins.ca. He blogs regularly at jamescoggins.wordpress.com and https://christiansread.wordpress.com/category/james-r-coggins