num_pages: 359
description: “A fast-moving swinging story of intrigue, suspense, action, and mayhem . . . [the] characters are all colorful rogues.” ― Pittsburgh Post-Gazette From the Arthur Ellis Award and Dashiell Hammett Prize winner In rugged, remote Newfoundland, a merry band of smugglers is carrying on a grand tradition, handed down over centuries. But the greatest of them all, a man named Peter Kerrivan, is now in the sights of the authorities, from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to the American DEA. Centered around a multimillion-dollar cargo of pot on a creaky freighter and offering a high-seas romp spanning from Colombia to Miami to the North Atlantic, High Crimes is a gripping novel with a thrilling triple-twist conclusion.
language: English
title: High Crimes
titlecomplete: High Crimes
genres: Canada, Fiction
ratings_count: 40
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY)
category: Audio Fiction - Abridged (Finalist)
publisher: ECW Press