03765cam a2200673 4500 2683593732 TxAuBib 20260216120000.0 ||||||s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781771514552 1771514558 B0DK62G1D5 Amazon 43e014c2-1605-4626-b7c9-2d79e4a65a69 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 11281236 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Whishaw, Iona. The Cost of a Hostage [Libby eBook]. Touchwood Editions, 2025. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. british intelligence. Pacific Northwest. British Columbia. Lane and Darling. investigation. Mexico City. King's Cove. Historical. small town. detective. mysteries. post wwii. Kootenays. postwar . Fiction. History. amateur. Winshaw. police. Female. sleuth. whisaw. wishaw. 1940s. rural. woman. Cosy. cozy. spy. pnw. BC. HTML:<p><b>#1 Canadian Bestseller on CBC Books</b></p> <p><b>"Iona Whishaw's Lane Winslow is much more than B.C.'s answer to Armand Gamache. A smalltown sleuth with a background in international espionage, Winslow's latest escapade takes her from Nelson to France and Mexico on her most thrilling adventure yet." —Sam Wiebe, author of <i>The Last Exile</i> and the B.C. Bestseller <i>Ocean Drive</i></b></p> <p><b><i>The latest mystery in the series</i> Publishers Weekly <i>calls "highly entertaining" sees Lane trekking through Mexico while the team back in Nelson pursue an open and shut and then open again kidnapping.</i></b></p> <p>It's a slow August morning in King's Cove. Lane has a book to read and a lawn that needs mowing. At the Nelson Police Station her husband, Inspector Darling, and his team are tidying their desks during a rare lull. Then Lane receives a call with news that Darling's brother Bob has gone missing from a mining camp in Mexico and the police station is visited by the frantic mother of a boy kidnapped from his bedroom.</p> <p>From bustling Mexico City, through the desert and into the mountain range beyond, Darling and Lane's search for Bob puts them out of the realm of the law and at the mercy of a local bandido. Meanwhile Lane is certain she's recognized someone from her past she'd rather forget.</p> <p>Back in the Kootenays, both kidnapper and kid turn up across the lake in Creston and it appears to be case closed—until a body is found mangled in the paddlewheel of a ferry boat. Plans for Ames's wedding are taking shape, and Terrell's favourite soon-to-be police officer April has a chance to prove her mettle. The latest Winslow mystery questions the roles of men and women, husbands and wives, and of course a certain police inspector and King's Cove's resident sleuth.</p>. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Mystery. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-02-15 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=43e014c2-1605-4626-b7c9-2d79e4a65a69&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=43e014c2-1605-4626-b7c9-2d79e4a65a69&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)