It's not unusual for John Cardinal to be hauled out of a warm bed on a cold night in Algonquin Bay, Canada to investigate a murder. At first this newly dead body sprawled in a motel parking lot looks run of the mill; the corpse has a big boot print on his neck, and the likely suspect is his lover's outraged husband. But the lover has gone missing. And then Lise Delorme locates another missing woman, a senator's wife from Ottawa, in the ruins of an abandoned hotel. Spookily, she was chained up and abandoned wearing a new winter parka and boots, with a thermos beside her—as if her murderer was giving her a chance at survival. Neither detective can imagine that their investigation will delve into:

• a decades-old injustice committed in the high Arctic,
• a swingers' world run by an ex-rock star who owns a pub in Algonquin Bay and private member clubs in Toronto and Ottawa,
• the insecurity that afflicts Delorme as a woman and a cop, and,
• the deep bond between Delorme and Cardinal which is at risk of coming undone. With "Until the Night" Giles Blunt outdoes himself, creating a masterpiece of crime fiction that will not only haunt his fans and readers, but delight them too. Librarian's note: there are six novels in the author's John Cardinal series. They are: 1. Forty Words for Sorrow (2000), 2. The Delicate Storm (2003), 3. Blackfly Season (2005), 4. The Fields of Grief (2006), 5. Crime Machine (2010), and 6. Until the Night (2012).