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Catherine Macdonald’s first mystery novel, Put on the Armour of Light, won the Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction at the 2016 Manitoba Book Awards. So Many Windings, forthcoming from At Bay Press, is the sequel to that book and finds the characters in Scotland where they tour the Highlands by bicycle.Reluctant amateur detective, Reverend Charles Lauchlan, departs the prairie city of Winnipeg and travels abroad to Scotland with his fiancé Maggie on a bicycle tour of the Highlands. Two near fatal accidents put members of the tour on edge and, to make matters worse, a shadowy figure seems to be observing their every move. Stuck in the remote Highland countryside, the group is thrown back on their own resources. While Charles and Maggie are trying to decipher what these strange events mean, they make another grisly discovery. It’s murder most foul and we’re not just talking about Scottish weather. So Many Windings is the second in a three-book series that began with Put On the Armour of Light (winner of the Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction). Deftly wrought, meticulously researched, and scintillating with charm and period prose, Macdonald weaves a winding, cross-country tale that will require all of the detective’s ingenuity and test the measure of his resolve.With So Many Windings Catherine Macdonald delivers a crackling procedural, set beautifully against the stark landscape of rural Scotland, circa 1900. Macdonald’s eye for period detail is unmatched and her writing is just flat-out terrific. A great, engrossing read,” said Brad Smith, award-winning author of The Goliath Run. Author Catherine Macdonald says she’s had a strange but interesting career as an archivist and freelance historian during which she came across many odds and ends of details about Winnipeg as it was at the turn of the twentieth century. One morning I woke up with the idea of stringing some of these odds and ends together into a mystery story. The result was my first book, Put on the Armour of Light. Since it was published, I’ve written fiction full-time,” she said. Macdonald said she’s looking forward to reading at Electric Mermaid: Live Reads from Char’s Landing. “Cheers to Char’s Landing for going global with its Electric Mermaid series! Needless to say, it would have been a treat to read live and experience your unique concept: a pub that is also a community arts centre. What could be better? But in these pandemic times, It’s great that you’re reaching out across the country to provide your audience (and everyone in zoomworld) with access to a wide range of Canadian writing and writers. I really appreciate the opportunity,” she said. And blog at “portage and slain” https://portageandslain.com/home/ which also acts as my website. You can buy So Many Windings and my first book, Put on the Armour of Light at these locations. Whodunit Mystery Bookstore, McNally Robinson Booksellers, or Chapters Indigo. Or order direct from At Bay Press.