The Blood Libel Author:Allan Levine Sam Klein is a bouncer and guardian of local brothel who investigates the murder of a young girl. The number one suspect, who is charged with the murder, is a rabbi. His search for the real killer is frustrated by battles with ethnic intolerance and with the local police who insist they've found their man. — The Blood Libel brings th... more »e vivid, turbulent times of turn-of-the-century Winnipeg to life, using the "wickedest city in the Dominion" as a setting for this complex and chilling mystery thriller. The novel captures the indomitable spirit of immigrant life in Winnipeg's fabled North End, and creates a detective hero for the ages in Sam Klein, whose pursuit of justice goes to the heart of the immigrant experience as "foreigners" in a strange, new land.
Winner of the Margaret McWilliams Medal for Best Historical Fiction
Short-listed for the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Arthur Ellis First Mystery Novel Award« less