Fog

By: Rana Bose

Narrated by: Nicolas Van Burek

A small plane was blown up in an act of sabotage over Northern Quebec, Canada. The incident was quickly analyzed and termed a mechanical failure. The case was closed in a rush. A young actor from Montreal dies in Afghanistan, killed by a missile from a drone. His death opens up wounds and discussions that are not in the public domain.

These two seemingly disparate events form the backbone of a compelling contemporary “ideas thriller,” set in Montreal's Main district and in the blue-green mountains of Kandahar. Past values, local history, neighborhood myths, and intense psychosexual vectors are suddenly on a collision course with the current international context of wars, migration, exile, and terror. In the backdrop is the cold case of the airplane sabotage that occurred over a decade ago.

Was the plane crash hushed-up? Why? Three friends from Montreal’s Plateau and Mile End districts manage to de-freeze the cold case, burn up the fog, and hell breaks loose, not only in their personal lives, but in their own affiliations.

©2019 Rana Bose (P)2022 Baraka Books

Critic reviews

“Written with flowing lyricism, the novel reveals the deft hand of a seasoned writer in piecing together a seamless narrative…. Bose’s characters are live, real and at times as confused as in a Shakespearean drama…. Fog is his crowning achievement.” — Ian Thomas Scott, The Ottawa Review of Books

“Revigorates the Neo-noir genre for the 21st century. (…) a fresh and thrilling addition.” — Staceu Madden, Quill & Quire

“Fog is a literary thriller that will keep the reader engrossed from the first page to the last. Characters are engagingly & sensitively drawn.” — Richard King, Book Columnist CBC Homerun