BLOOD IN THE WATER

xe2x80x98Fascinatingxe2x80x99 Margaret Atwood Can taking the law into your own hands be the right thing to do? In June 2013, three upstanding citizens of a small town in Nova Scotia murdered their neighbour, Phillip Boudreau, while out fishing. Boudreau was an inventive small-time criminal who had terrorised and entertained Petit de Grat for two decades. He had been in prison for nearly half his adult life. He was funny and frightening, loathed, loved and feared. Boudreau seemed invincible, a miscreant who would plague the village forever. As many people said, if those fellows hadn't killed him, someone else would have. Blood in the Water is a gripping story in a brilliantly drawn setting, about power and law, security and self-respect, and the nature of community. And at its heart is a disturbing question: are there times when taking the law into your own hands is not only understandable but the responsible thing to do?

Silver Donald Cameron was one of Canadaxe2x80x99s most accomplished authors. His literary work includes plays, films, radio and TV scripts, hundreds of magazine articles, and nineteen books. In 2012, he was appointed to both the Order of Canada and the Order of Nova Scotia, and awarded the Queenxe2x80x99s Diamond Jubilee Medal. He died in June 2020, soon after completing the manuscript of Blood in the Water.