Red Paint

Alex Desocarras is your new favorite detective! "Striking prose ... and the diverse cast includes numerous Indigenous characters ... A vigorous thriller ..." — Kirkus Reviews "Van Clieaf expertly walks the line between police procedural and psychological thriller in her second installment in the Alex Desocarras Mystery Series ...Gritty and poignant at once, this page-turning mystery is a winner." The Prairies Book Review RED PAINT Alex Desocarras has been an RCMP detective for 15 years. A brilliant detective, his solve rate is legendary. Days before suspected members of a paedophile ring are set to go to trial, an important crown witness in the case against them is found brutally murdered. The ring operated undetected in British Columbia for years and their arrogant exploitation of vulnerable children, among them, a young member of Desocarras' Secwépemc Nation, and the abysmal failure of the police to protect the boy and others like him keeps Alex awake at night. An Indigenous hacktivist seeking information about the murder of the crown witness finds a coded message hidden on an RCMP server. He risks exposure to warn Alex of its chilling contents, pushing Alex headlong into a nightmare chain of events that will test the limits of his endurance against a ruthless adversary, and ultimately, force him to choose where his allegiance lies.