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He is the author of forty words for sorrow and the delicate storm. The inuit, it is said, have forty different words for snow. Giles won the arthur ellis award for best novel in 2004 for his novel the delicate storm and the cwa silver dagger award in 2001 for forty words for sorrow. Wed love you to buy this book, and hope you find this page convenient in locating a place of purchase. Through the looking glass of the lead officers, readers observe the action in a. In the quiet canadian town of algonquin bay, a frozen body. Giles blunt wrote for television in new york city before returning to toronto three years ago.
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