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A Garden of Thieves coverage in BC Booklook

Coverage of A Garden of Thieves in BC Booklook Magazine

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Dean Unger has self-published Garden of Thieves (Village Lane Press $17.99) and Blessed Be The Bones (Village Lane Press $17.99) to tell a murder mystery tale inspired by events on Texada Island and in Victoria between 1861 and 1872. He says it has taken him twenty-five years to uncover the details of a land grab that was partially orchestrated by Amor de Cosmos—the subject for the province’s first Royal Commission.

Book Review for A Garden of Thieves, in ABC Bookworld Magazine

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While advocating union with the rest of Canada, de Cosmos was a notorious bigot but not a dyed-in-the-wool British chauvinist. “I would not object to a little revolution now and again in British Columbia, after Confederation, if we were treated unfairly,” he said in 1870, “for I am one of those who believe that political hatreds attest the vitality of a State.”

Book distribution for BC Authors and Publishers

BC Book Distributor, Red Tuque Books, to manage distribution

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I am pleased to announce that Red Tuque Books, a British Columbia book distribution company, based in Duncan, BC., on Vancouver Island, will henceforth handle distribution of books by Dean Unger and Village Lane Press. Red Tuque Books is a Canadian distributor of quality books by independent authors with both Amazon online listings & distribution to Canadian bookstores. From Greg Salisbury, at Red Tuque,

An Historical Murder Mystery About British Columbia During The Colonial Era

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The intent with which a thing is acquired is, in some way, the measure of its merit. There is a pretext for what will follow here. That is, much of what is written is historical fact. Some details, like the amorous and vitriolic Amor De Cosmos – the second Provincial Premier of British Columbia, through the mid-Victorian era, are more or less specifically correct. Other facets of the story are accurate clips that are true to the cultural mores and beliefs at the time. It is essentially a view from thirty-thousand feet, but blown out into a vivid, moving tale with accurate descent, down into the lives of those whose fates unknowingly weave and unravel the tale before our eyes.

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NOW AVAILABLE: Blessed Be The Bones, A Garden of Thieves, Vol II, a new Eve Walker mystery novel

The riders broke into a clearing atop a bluff and, following Heidi’s lead, brought their horses to a halt. Heidi waited for Eve to come to a stop beside her and led her gaze out to the ocean. Eve caught and held her breath at the sight of what lay before her in the bay. There, an armada of Native war canoes surged shore ward, with additional vessels falling in from the west and again to the north. Her eyes trailed to the beach below them, where the shore itself was overflowing with men and women, who stood among the bold family crests from many nations up and down the coast. As they drew near, she could see the Bear of the Cowichan; the Eagle and the Wolf of the Haida. The Penechult, the Comox and the Sishalh, were all represented. At the centre of the beach head, a gathering of leaders – young men from the Sishalh Tribe, stood beside the majestic carved double-headed Thunderbird, adorning a large canoe; beside them were the Klahoose – ancestral brothers and sisters of the Tla’amin.
Though Heidi had brought Eve to demonstrate the point she would make, she too was struck by the power of the scene below. Her heart surged to overflowing at this vast outpouring of support. She was reminded that they might yet win Eli’s freedom.
Heidi snapped her reins and sent her horse onward again to begin the ascent into the bay…