W. D. Valgardson

"Ever since the accident, ex-cop Tom Parsons's life has been crumbling around him: his marriage and career have fallen apart; his grown children barely speak to him; and he can't escape the dark thoughts plaguing his mind. Leaving the urban misery of Winnipeg, he tries to remake himself in the small lakeside town of Valhalla, with its picturesque winter landscape and promise as a "fisherman's paradise." As the locals make it clear that newcomers,...