The author and comedian Charles Demers discusses his new novel, the second installment in the Doctor Annick Boudreau Mystery Series, Noonday Dark (Douglas & McIntyre, 2022), with Joseph Planta.

Noonday Dark by Charles Demers (Douglas & McIntyre, 2022). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Noonday Dark

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

Charlie Demers joins me again. He’s got a new book coming out later this week, the second installment of the Doctor Annick Boudreau Mystery Series, Noonday Dark. I’m about halfway through it and I’m enjoying it a great deal, not just for the mystery at the heart of this book: the disappearance of a political campaign staffer, to the newly elected bike-riding mayor of Vancouver. Our hero, Dr. Boudreau, gets the call from police as to the missing Danielle, because she was her patient. She’d been treated for a major depressive episode but had been doing well. Dr. Boudreau sets out to find out what really happened, and joins, Danielle’s estranged father Ivor, a former radical journalist turned right-wing blogger. We’re drawn into the world of a motorcycle club, with a strong presence on the waterfront, who are confronted by the new mayor’s plan to reduce port traffic along the Knight Street, Clark Drive corridor. Mr. Demers in his writing, as usual, reflects the changing city, the intricacies of a metropolis, and tackles those usual questions of ownership; who does the city belong to? And who can change it? Charles Demers is an author, comedian, actor, playwright, screenwriter, and political activist. He is frequently heard on CBC Radio’s The Debaters. His 2009 book Vancouver Special, which he first appeared on this program with in 2010, was shortlisted for the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize. Other books include Property Values, The Horrors, and Primary Obsessions, the first in the Boudreau series, which like this new book is published by Douglas & McIntyre. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Charlie Demers; Mr. Demers, good morning.

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