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Randall Denley - Necessary Victims

Necessary Victims

A new series, a familiar face.

It is a cold, sunny November day in downtown Ottawa. Ottawa Police homicide investigator Staff Sgt. Mike Reilly is walking his dog on Parliament Hill and thinking about a new relationship that might change his life.

Then Reilly is called to the scene of a grisly crime. The naked body of a teenage girl has been discovered in a ByWard Market alley, seemingly a grim reminder of the prostitution trade that thrives in the shadow of Parliament Hill. For Reilly, the case brings back disturbing memories of a similar, unsolved crime. Reilly quickly learns that his career and his new relationship are both threatened by a killing that strikes far too close to home.

Randall Denley - Author and columnist

Randall Denley

Author and Columnist

Randall Denley

Ottawa novelist Randall Denley is the author of six mysteries.

Necessary Victims is the first book in the new Mike Reilly series. It was preceded by The Truth About Sarah, The Long Hurt, Payback, which was nominated for the Crime Writers of Canada Best Crime Novel Set in Canada, Spiked and One Dead Sister.

Other books include the family drama The Situation and the political satire The Perfect Candidate.

Denley has been a political columnist for more than 25 years and writes regularly for the National Post and the Ottawa Citizen.