2017 Arthur Ellis Award, Best Novel - ShortlistedSaddlebag preacher Thaddeus Lewis uncovers murder and conspiracy in Northumberland County.A body is discovered on an isolated island in Rice Lake. Saddlebag preacher Thaddeus Lewis is sent on a desperate hunt for the truth when a woman for whom he feels a guilty attraction stands accused of the murder. Meanwhile, railway mania grips the county: everyone expects to get rich off the Cobourg-Peterborough rail line - some at the expense of others.