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Legal Books (8)

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Counted among the Dead

by Anne Emery

Part of: Collins-Burke Mystery

Nova Scotia

Legal

Monty defends a client accused of killing his wife, but the case quickly spirals into a tangle of lies, community tensions,…

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Postmark Berlin

by Anne Emery

Part of: Collins-Burke Mystery

Nova Scotia

Legal

A Cold War mystery resurfaces when a letter from Berlin arrives decades late. Monty and Brennan uncover espionage, family…

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Lament for Bonnie

by Anne Emery

Part of: Collins-Burke Mystery

Nova Scotia

Legal

Twelve‑year‑old Bonnie MacDonald vanishes after a family party. Monty’s search pulls him into the Halifax music scene, exposing…

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Blood on a Saint

by Anne Emery

Part of: Collins-Burke Mystery

Nova Scotia

Legal

After a young woman claims the Virgin Mary appeared in Father Burke’s churchyard, Halifax is flooded with pilgrims and reporters.…

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Children in the Morning

by Anne Emery

Part of: Collins-Burke Mystery

Nova Scotia

Legal

Monty defends flamboyant lawyer Beau Delaney, accused of murdering his wife. Family secrets, a mysterious child, and fractures…

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Cecilian Vespers

by Anne Emery

Part of: Collins-Burke Mystery

Nova Scotia

Legal

A German theologian is found nearly decapitated on a Halifax church altar during Vespers. Monty and Brennan navigate church…

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Barrington Street Blues

by Anne Emery

Part of: Collins-Burke Mystery

Nova Scotia

Legal

When two men are found shot outside a Halifax bar, police call it a murder‑suicide, but Monty Collins isn’t convinced. His…

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Sign of the cross

by Anne Emery

Part of: Collins-Burke Mystery

Nova Scotia

Legal

Be careful what you wish for, his mother used to say. Yet how many times, in his twenty years defending the underprivileged,…